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Orbán Again Turns Against Ukraine: Says Its Fate Is to Live Next to Russia
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Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has openly spoken out against Ukraine’s potential membership in the European Union, claiming that Hungarians “do not want to be in the European Union together with Ukrainians.”
His comments were made during a broadcast on Kossuth Radio on October 3.
Orbán stressed that the accession of any new member requires unanimous agreement among all 27 EU states. “Hungarians do not need to care about what the other 26 countries say,” he stated.
“I deeply agree with this, because if you are in a union system with someone, you share their fate,” Orbán added.
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The Hungarian leader went further, saying that the fate of Hungarians is “much easier than that of Ukrainians,” and therefore there is no reason to “take on someone else’s burden and suffering.”
“We pity them, we sympathize with them, they are fighting heroically—let’s support them, but we do not want a common fate with them. Their fate is to live next to Russia and constantly be in conflict with Russians, we cannot change this. And it is not help if we take upon ourselves all that they are suffering,” he said.
Orbán systematically reinforces this stance through domestic political campaigns. On April 22, he publicly cast a vote against Ukraine’s accession to the European Union as part of a nationwide consultation launched by his government.
In a Facebook post, he shared a photo of his completed ballot, clearly marking the option against supporting Ukraine’s EU membership. The consultation included questions on several European policy issues, with Ukraine’s future in the bloc among them.
“Brussels and the Tisza Party support Ukraine’s EU accession. This would destroy the Hungarian economy. We won’t let them decide our future over our heads. I’ve already voted,” Orbán wrote.
At the same time, the Hungarian government has brought a case before the EU Court of Justice, contesting the Council of the European Union and the European Peace Facility over plans to channel frozen Russian assets into military aid for Ukraine.
Earlier, Hungarian Prime Minister’s Office Minister Gergely Gulyás stated that Hungary restricted access to several Ukrainian media outlets in retaliation for similar measures taken against Hungarian outlets in Ukraine.
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