BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s institutions are gearing up for a fight over Hungary and a contentious transfer of 10 billion euros (nearly $11 billion) in funds to Budapest. The European Parliament decided to assess Thursday whether to take the bloc’s executive branch, the European Commission, to court over allegations that it gave into […]
BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Sweden has not done anything to boost confidence in its suitability for NATO membership, and has given the impression that joining the alliance is not a priority for the country, an aide to Hungary’s prime minister said on Thursday. Sweden applied to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in May 2022 following […]
Hungary has signalled to the European Union that it is ready to withdraw its opposition to new long-term funding for Ukraine. Source: European Pravda, citing Politico Details: Several European diplomats and officials, speaking to the publication, have reported that Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is approaching a compromise on the use of funds from the […]
The European Commission is ready to accept some of Hungary’s demands in order to overcome its veto of a €50 billion support package for Ukraine. Source: Financial Times, citing unnamed officials, as reported by European Pravda Details: The newspaper’s sources indicated that the European Commission was ready to give Budapest the right to assess whether […]
Hungary claims that it may lift its veto from the €50 billion EU aid package for Ukraine on condition that the funding will be reviewed annually. Source: European Pravda with reference to Politico Details: According to three EU diplomats, Budapest has claimed that it may lift its veto on condition that the European Council will […]
Lithuanian MEP Petras Auštravičius has said that signatures are being collected in the European Parliament for a vote of no confidence in the European Commission due to the unfreezing of €10 billion for Hungary on the eve of the recent Ukraine-focused EU summit. Source: Auštrevičius said this in an interview with Delfi, reports European Pravda […]
The so-called national consultations organised by the Hungarian government focusing on Ukraine and its EU membership are technically open to foreign citizens, and there are no safeguards against multiple voting. Source: European Pravda Details: Immediately after Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán arrived back from the December summit in Brussels, Hungarians began receiving letters from the […]
Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba is convinced that the EU will, in any case, decide to allocate €50 billion to Ukraine. Source: Kuleba on air during the national joint 24/7 newscast, reported by European Pravda Details: Kuleba noted that the decision to hold a special summit on this issue was not made because of Hungary’s veto, […]
Around 3,900 trucks are stuck in lengthy queues at the Ukrainian-Polish border, with 1,700 of them stuck at the Yagodin border checkpoint as of the morning of Dec. 2, reported Andriy Demchenko, spokesperson for Ukraine’s State Border Guard Service. “The blockade persists,” Demchenko said, revealing that the Yagodin crossing point had a brief reprieve but […]
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has claimed that once Ukraine joins the EU, all Central European support – including that for Hungary – will be directed to Kyiv. Source: Hungarian news outlet Index, citing Orban in an interview on TV2 Hungarian TV channel Details: Orbán added that never before in the history of Europe has […]
Pharmaceutical firms Pfizer and BioNTech are suing the governments of Poland and Hungary alleging they failed to pay for vaccines ordered during the Covid pandemic, lawyers said Tuesday. EU member countries ordered vaccines for their population through a joint purchase scheme, and so the companies are bringing their case before the courts in Belgium, the […]