The coffers of Brussels may have been empty due to the support of Ukraine, it was said in the 48th minute.

The Brussels elite has decided that Europe will become the backyard of the United States - it was said in the joint news background program of M1 and hirado.hu, in the Thursday evening broadcast of 48 minutes - Host Tamás Lánczi. This time, political scientist Zoltán Kiszelly, director of the Center for Political Analysis of Századvég, Máté Kulifai, editor of Hetek and Levente Szikra, analyst of the Fundamental Rights Center, former lawyer Tamás Lánczi were guests of the program.

"The Brussels coffers, the coffers from which Ukraine is supported, have been emptied. Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European Commission, is asking for 50 billion euros, which is how much the next aid package would be"  

- led the conversation by the host of the show, who reminded that, comparing the various subsidies, "we spent roughly 190 billion on Ukraine in a year and a half. How realistic is it that the Union will transfer another 50 billion?" Tamás Lánczi asked his guests.

Tamás Lánczi commented on the war in Ukraine: "I see that it is actually about the United States shifting the costs of the war to the Union". He also pointed out that

while the EU would once again give Ukraine 50 billion, it allocates only 5 billion for important EU developments.

Zoltán Kiszelly said that there is a debate about whether Europe should be China's backyard or the USA's. He added,

both the Brussels and German elites have decided that Europe will be the backyard of the United States.

Citing several examples, the political scientist spoke about how America clearly benefits from chaotic conditions. Levente Szikra explained that he sees rather a kind of voluntary, less voluntary subordination on the part of European politics, and he believes that Brussels politics lined up behind the political intentions of the Biden administration.

According to Hirado.hu, it was also discussed in the program that while the European Union donates unimaginably large amounts of money to support Ukraine, EU member states such as Hungary or Poland have still not received the EU funds due to them.

"Couldn't it be that the money that would benefit Hungary actually no longer exists?"

- raised Tamás Lánczi in this regard. Considering this to be possible, Máté Kulifai said: "it is not so transparent exactly how the decision-making mechanisms in Brussels work". MTI writes.

Cover photo: Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, and Johannes Hahn, the member of the Commission responsible for budgetary and administrative matters, at the weekly meeting of the body in Brussels on June 20, 2023.
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