Hungary is ready to support the provision of assistance to Ukraine from the European Union budget, however, subject to an annual vote on the continuation of funding. This was stated by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban in an interview with Le Point.
"We decided to make a compromise proposal: okay, we do not agree with the amendments to the budget. We do not agree that we should give 50 billion euros (to Ukraine), which is a huge amount. We do not agree that we should give it for four years and so on. But let it be so, Hungary is ready to participate in the decision of the twenty-seven, if they guarantee that every year we will decide whether we will continue to send this money or not," Orban said.
At the same time, the prime minister noted that the annual decision to continue assistance to Ukraine should be unanimous. He also complained that his demand was interpreted by some EU member states as an attempt at blackmail.
