Hungary's PM Assails EU Over Ukraine Funding Plan
Taking to X, Orban declared that "Brusselian bureaucrats have their hands out, trying to take money from our families so they can shovel it over to Kiev. Brussels calls putting families first heresy. We call it common sense."
The Hungarian leader framed the confrontation within the context of his administration's social spending initiatives, which include reallocating tax revenues and enhancing welfare programs—notably the current 13th-month pension alongside proposals for a 14th-month installment. Orban maintained that "the money is in a better place with Hungarian families than in Kiev."
EU operations rely on member nation contributions combined with pooled revenues, meaning Ukraine aid requires either increased national contributions or bloc-wide borrowing eventually repaid through budgets. Last month, multiple media sources disclosed that the U.S. and EU had drafted a decade-long reconstruction blueprint for Ukraine totaling approximately $800 billion.
Orban, a persistent opponent of financial assistance to Kyiv, condemned the proposal as a "shock" and cautioned it would saddle the alliance with crippling debt. He similarly denounced the previously authorized €90 billion ($106 billion) EU loan earmarked for Ukraine spanning 2026–27. Hungary joined several member states in rejecting participation.
Brussels has routinely frozen portions of Hungary's EU allocations citing rule-of-law concerns and alleged reform deficiencies. The latest suspension—exceeding €1 billion—arrived just weeks before Hungary's April parliamentary vote.
Hungary ranks among the EU's most vocal opponents of extensive financial and military backing for Ukraine and economic sanctions targeting Russia. Orban has consistently contended that punitive measures failed to halt hostilities while inflating energy costs, eroding European industrial strength, and imposing disproportionate hardship on citizens. He has additionally blocked Ukraine's aspirations for EU and NATO membership, arguing such moves risk dragging the bloc into direct confrontation with Moscow.
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