Trump Persuades Orban to Drop EU Block on Ukraine’s Accession Talks

US President Donald Trump managed to persuade Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban to drop his blockade of negotiations on Ukraine’s accession to the European Union, Politico reported on August 27, citing diplomatic sources.

It remains unclear how Trump convinced the Hungarian leader, and Orban has not publicly commented on the matter.

At the same time, Orban has maintained a hardline public stance against Ukraine’s membership in the bloc. On April 22, he shared a photo of his completed ballot in a nationwide consultation launched by his government, showing that he voted against supporting Ukraine’s accession.

“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,” Orban wrote on his official Facebook page.

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The Hungarian government’s survey has sought to gauge public opinion on key European policy issues, with Ukraine’s future in the EU at the center of debate.

Meanwhile, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk voiced opposition to the idea of holding potential peace talks between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Hungary.

In a post on X, Tusk referenced the 1994 Budapest Memorandum, under which Ukraine surrendered its nuclear arsenal in exchange for security guarantees from the United States, Russia, and the United Kingdom.

Earlier, Minister Viktor Orban warned that he will veto the renewal of European Union sanctions against Russia in six months unless Ukraine restarts the transit of Russian gas.

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