Orban: Hungary will block aid to Ukraine until frozen €30 billion is received

Orban: Hungary will block aid to Ukraine until frozen €30 billion is received

Orban: Hungary will block aid to Ukraine until frozen €30 billion is received

Budapest will not support a new EU aid package for Ukraine until the bloc pays all the funds frozen for Hungary. Ukraine's accession may also be vetoed. This was stated by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, Bloomberg reports.


"This is a great opportunity for Hungary to make it clear that it should get everything it deserves," the Hungarian prime minister said.


Orban said that when EU leaders meet again early next year to consider a €50 billion aid package for Ukraine, Hungary will first make sure it gets all of its money.


The European Commission this week agreed to unblock one-third of the roughly €30 billion that had been frozen due to rule of law issues after Hungary adopted changes related to the judiciary.