Mark Rutte, the long-time Prime Minister of the Netherlands, who is completing his mandate in office, believes that Hungary’s Premier Viktor Orbán will give in and the EU summit will reach an agreement on Ukraine. Source: European Pravda, citing Rutte before the beginning of the EU leaders’ summit in Brussels. Details: Mark Rutte explained that […]
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban blocked €50 billion ($55 million USD) of aid to Ukraine after shooting down the EU budget that included the medium-term aid program for Ukraine, European Council President Charles Michel announced at the end of the EU leaders’ negotiations. “The discussion was not only about financing for Ukraine. EU leaders were […]
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Friday called his proposal to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban to leave the room to avoid endorsing a decision to open European Union membership talks with Ukraine a “friendly Union proposal.” Thursday’s decision sent a strong signal towards the Kremlin, Scholz said after an EU summit in […]
(Bloomberg) — All but one of the European Union’s 27 leaders were nearing agreement Thursday on a revision of the bloc’s long-term budget that would include a €50 billion ($55 billion) package for Ukraine, with Hungary the main holdout. Most Read from Bloomberg EU officials and diplomats from 26 nations want to clinch a deal […]
European leaders have approved the opening of accession negotiations for Ukraine, European Council President Charles Michel announced Thursday. The announcement comes at a critical time for Ukraine as its counteroffensive against Russia’s invasion stalled in recent weeks and $60 billion in aid from the U.S. is stuck in Congress. While accession talks are likely to […]