The Hungarian Prime Minister stated that Hungary did not veto yesterday’s decision of the European Council to open accession negotiations with Ukraine, but that it vetoed 50 billion euros of financial aid for that country.

They convinced me not to block us with the argument that we can block them again whenever we want, said Orban.

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I spent eight hours convincing them not to make this bad decision. They finally convinced me by saying that this is a long process and that #Hungary can block it at any time if it is against its interests, @PM_ViktorOrban this morning on why he let the EU26 decide on # #Ukraine
8:22 AM · Dec 15, 2023
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