Hungary blocks €50bn of EU budget funds for Ukraine hours after agreement is reached on membership talks.

Hungary has blocked €50bn ($55bn; £43bn) in EU aid for Ukraine hours after agreement was reached on starting membership talks.

“Summary of the nightshift: veto for the extra money to Ukraine,” Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban posted on social media after talks in Brussels.

EU leaders said talks on aid for Ukraine would resume early next year.

Ukraine is critically dependant on EU and US funding as it continues to fight occupying Russian forces.

  • @Burn_The_Right@lemmy.worldEnglish
    32•7 months ago

    When a country becomes a fascist ally of an enemy country, shouldn’t that justify removal from the EU? Can a country be removed from the EU? What is the process and why is it not happening?

    • nickEnglish
      14•7 months ago

      You need everyone else in the EU to agree to remove them. Poland and Hungary sort of protect each other from EU consequences.

          • @sic_1@lemmy.worldEnglish
            1•7 months ago

            They are certainly trying but PISs did a ton of damage to the democratic systems and also installed swathes of people in key positions that share their views.