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Hungary blocks 50bn EU aid to Ukraine
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Hungary’s prime minister, Viktor Orbán, has blocked a €50bn EU aid package for Ukraine, hours after leaders side-stepped his opposition to agree to open talks with Kyiv on joining the bloc.
A crunch summit in Brussels broke up close to 3am on Friday with the Hungarian leader refusing to green light funding to help Ukraine’s government over the next four years.
While Orbán was left isolated by the other 26 EU member states earlier in the day over Ukraine’s membership, the leaders decided that they could not repeat the manoeuvre on financial aid to Kyiv, conscious that other countries, including the UK, had used their vetos previously.
Orbán remained defiant on Friday morning, warning he could still block Ukraine’s entry to the EU at some future stage in the years-long process it normally took to join.
The Belgian prime minister, Alexander De Croo, said EU leaders hoped to return in January with Orbán’s support.
Other leaders have assured Kyiv they could channel aid to Ukraine outside the EU budget if Hungary maintains its blockade.
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