Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán continues to not support Ukraine’s entry into the European Union and rejects the accelerated process of the country’s accession to the community. According to the server index.hu, he said this before the informal summit of the European Council at the Belgian castle Alden Biesen, informs the correspondent of TASR in Budapest.
- Viktor Orbán rejects the accelerated entry of Ukraine into the European Union.
- He considers Ukraine’s possible entry into the EU in 2027 unrealistic.
- The main topic of the EU summit was increasing European competitiveness.
- Orbán claims that the EU economy cannot grow during the war in Ukraine.
- According to Orbán, the EU should spend money on itself and lower energy prices.
“Dream, Dream, Sweet Dream,” with these words, Orbán responded to Ukraine’s possible entry into the EU in 2027. The server pointed out that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy named 2027 as the target date and according to several media reports, it was also discussed by negotiators in the tripartite negotiations between the USA, Ukraine and Russia.
Before the summit, the Hungarian Prime Minister also spoke about the main topic of the informal EU summit – increasing European competitiveness.
Orbán claims that it is necessary to achieve an end to the war, because the economy cannot grow during it. He also said that The EU should spend its money on itself and not send it elsewhere, for example, for the financing of Ukraine, and that energy prices must be reduced, because it is said to be the biggest problem of European companies.