Orbán cabinet: Brussels would send Hungarians’ money to Ukraine

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The European Union calls for change and “it cannot wait”, Hungary’s European affairs minister said on Facebook on Wednesday, ahead of the European Commission’s publishing its draft budget for the next seven years.

Bóka said the draft to be presented would “make clear the difference between Brussels’ and Hungary’s views on Europe”. “Brussels would send Hungarians’ money to Ukraine, while we would keep those funds at home … Brussels would open doors wide open to illegal migration, while we would stem it,” the minister said. “We will clearly see what kind of Europe they want, and we will clearly indicate what kind of Europe we wish to see,” Bóka said.

Ukraine winner of EC’s latest plan, says PM Orbán

The winner of the European Commission’s latest plan is Ukraine since it earmarks a lot of money for the country, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said in a video posted on his Facebook page on Wednesday. Orbán said “there is chaos in Brussels” because the European Commission’s new draft budget proposal, which had “surprised everyone”, had been leaked, and “the situation is dramatic”.

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The winner of the EC’s latest plan is Ukraine and its biggest losers are European citizens, he added. “It could hit farmers especially hard because … Hungarian farmers, along with their European counterparts, could receive far less subsidies in future,” the prime minister said. The government is therefore addressing this as the first item on its agenda at Wednesday’s cabinet meeting, Orbán said.

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