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Disband the EU. Reform the alliance without Hungary. Do the same with NATO, only this time eject Hungary and the United States. Then eject the US from all bases on EU2 territory.
The EU (federally or state-by-state) would need to build an army first...
Putin’s dick-puppet.
The US has southern states, I guess the EU has Hungary.
Frankly, I don't see why sending funds requires unanimous EU approval. Hungary wasn't even contributing, based on the article:
Hungary, Slovakia and the Czech Republic approved the idea with the crucial caveat that they did not have to contribute to the loan.
So I'd expect that any group of countries that do want to send funds could do so absent Hungary without even affecting the total commitment.
Sanctions on goods out of Russia or something, sure. The EU controls what gets into the EU at the customs border. You have to have an EU-level decision, or goods can enter via another EU member and then there's no control of the flow of goods internal to the EU. The EU structure doesn't permit for that to be done below the EU level.
But I don't believe that there's any intrinsic reason that Hungary need sign off on funds going to Ukraine, assuming that other countries honestly do want to send that money. A country can send funds wherever it wants, on an individual or collective basis.
Afaik the EU wants to change the mechanism for initiatives like this, specifically so no one country could hold the entire thing hostage. But I wouldn't be surprised if it took twenty years to implement that.
Orbán was a thorn in the side of the EU since 2022, and he was already asked to go drink some coffee while adults formed another aid package for Ukraine back in 2024.
Hungary is an eu member with the veto power that entails. It is a protection for other countries too in other instances on other issues. It's how the eu works. What's meant to happen is they negotiate with the state that has an issue to alleviate the concern.
That's what happened. Except Hungary, or rather Orban is changing the deal. If individual countries send funds it's messier and doesn't show the international support and intent that a clock like the eu sending support does. Its not just about money, but intelligence sharing, training, arms etc.
Orban was never going to negotiate in good faith. He's in the Putin's pocket.
Afaik he's trading support for Ukraine for some EU money or whatnot going to Hungary.
Clearly, Orban didn't ever plan to follow through with those promises. He's playing a different game.
You know that he was doing this exact thing since 2022, right? Somehow aid to Ukraine keeps being delivered in the end.
I think he's lost some funding due to obstructions. So if his plan was as a negotiation tactic, not as a means to help Putin, it's failed miserably.
He keeps doing this for the past four years, and afaik the EU keeps giving him concessions and the aid keeps being delivered in the end.
Of course any country can send whatever help they want.
The point of this agreement within EU, is that it is an EU decision that guarantees Ukraine enough money to sustain the war.
If each country does it individually, it can be blocked similarly within each country's parliament.
And no single country would realistically guarantee Ukraine this kind of money.
Is it betrayal if he was never on their side though?
Basically the tides are turning against Orban in Hungary so now he's becoming desperate.
He was doing this same thing since 2022. He's expecting the EU to placate him with some benefits going to Hungary.
They had an agreement that Hungary wouldn't block it, for instance Hungary was not participating in paying.
So yes Hungary is betraying their word and the agreement they accepted.
It's not really a loan. It's supposed to be repaired from war reparations Ukraine would receive from Russia, which won't happen. So it's essentially a gift.
Bets Vance told him not to go in on the deal?
He was into this kind of stuff way before Vance pulled his dick out from between those couch cheeks
I'm pretty sure Hungary is still salty that Ukraine blew up their oil supply
Hungary, or rather Orban, is a Russian ally. Likely for corruption reasons.
Any sources on that
About the corruption, which is ciecumstancial.or being a Russian ally?
Let me know what evidence either way you have found on your own and I'll add to it, rather than sealion fishing.
How about both given this is the first time I have ever heard of either such claim? The world doesn't revolve around one continent, that's a very arrogant stance to take.
GTFO
I'm no longer on that continent. Strange you're commenting on hangaries relations with Ukraine and the war without that level of familiarity with what's has been more widely part of commentary.
Here is a sample article going back to early in the war. You'll need to circumvent the paywall. https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/07/11/orban-putin-hungary-russia-war-politics-eu/
He should be out of office soon. Last I heard.
The country folk there are very pro orban. And there is lots of active brainwashing going on.
I wouldn’t be surprised if he wins with a majority everywhere outside Budapest
Worst case scenario he tries to steal the election, fails, tries to Maduro his way out of it and then asks tramp and putain for military help against the big bad EU.