The Hungarian Prime Minister did not veto the EU summit because he received a suitable offer.
In a post published on Facebook, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán evaluated the decision taken at the extraordinary meeting of the European Council.
He recalled that on Wednesday night and Thursday, before the start of the summit, there were long hours of negotiations on the EU support for Ukraine.
"We were afraid that the EU funds due to the Hungarians, which the Commission has not given us so far, would sooner or later end up in Ukraine. And we were also afraid that we would make resources available to Ukraine for too long and without control," Viktor Orbán outlined the dilemmas in his latest Facebook post about the decision made at the extraordinary meeting of the European Council.
In the video, the Prime Minister reminded that the negotiations broke off last December for this very reason.
"Last night, this morning, during negotiations, we received an offer. We negotiated a control mechanism that guarantees the reasonable use of the money, and we received a guarantee that Hungary's money cannot go to Ukraine," said the prime minister, who confirmed that the offer was now acceptable.
Viktor Orbán also welcomed the fact that the markets reacted positively to what happened at the EU summit.
Cover photo: Prime Minister Viktor Orbán will arrive at the extraordinary summit of the heads of state and government of the European Union member states in Brussels on February 1, 2024.
Behind Viktor Orbán is Bálint Ódor, head of the Permanent Mission of Hungary to the European Union (b5), from the right Bertalan Havasi, the prime minister's press chief (j2). Source: MTI/Prime Minister's Press Office/Zoltán Fischer
