Posted 12/15/2023, 10:19:29 AM
Hungary Blocks $55 Billion EU Aid Package to Ukraine, Hampering Support as Orbán Stands Alone in Opposition
- Hungary blocked a $55 billion EU aid package to Ukraine just hours after Ukraine was granted EU membership talks
- Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán, seen as Putin's closest European ally, boasted of his "veto for the extra money to Ukraine"
- Ukraine remains dependent on European and American funding in its war against Russia
- Orbán was the only one of 27 European leaders to oppose the new Ukraine aid package
- The EU approved opening membership talks with Moldova and granted EU candidate status to Georgia