Orban vows to bar Ukraine from joining EU
Hungarian PM Viktor Orban will “not let Brussels to force” his country to accept Ukraine’s membership in the European Union, Orban said in a Twitter post on April 11.
“We will not let Brussels force us into accepting Ukraine’s EU membership,” the message reads.
“This is a huge issue, with widespread implications for our security, economy, and agriculture.”
He then suggested that Hungary would hold a referendum on the matter: “We will ask the Hungarian people and act as they decide!”
On March 24, it was reported that the Hungarian government included an informational sheet with its citizenship survey on Ukraine’s EU membership, largely based on manipulative and false information.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has previously claimed that Hungary is the only country standing in the way of Ukraine’s EU accession.
On March 6, Hungary blocked an EU communiqué in which the bloc pledged to continue supporting Ukraine’s independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity within its internationally recognized borders.
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