"Thursday's entire summit was called because of him and revolved around him," the British paper admitted.
An agreement was reached this week to support Ukraine at the EU summit. At the meeting, "all 27 heads of state and government agreed on an additional EUR 50 billion support package for Ukraine within the EU budget," announced Charles Michel.
"We received an offer this morning and we finally negotiated a control mechanism that guarantees the reasonable use of the funds. And we received a guarantee that Hungary's money cannot go to Ukraine. After a long negotiation, we accepted this offer"
Viktor Orbán stated in connection with the decision.
The Spectator analyzed Viktor Orbán's decision in a longer article on Friday. According to the author of the article, Andrew Tettenborn, "the Hungarian Prime Minister is a politician with an extremely sharp mind, much smarter than many other EU leaders". The paper pointed out that over time even the other 26 member states could have provided the necessary financial commitment for Ukraine on a national basis.
The British newspaper admitted that Viktor Orbán achieved a very serious success by preventing EU funds intended for Hungary from being sent to Ukraine.
According to The Spectator, Viktor Orbán has shown that he is a very smart negotiator who cannot be sidelined easily.
The entire summit on Thursday was called because of him and revolved around him”
written by Andrew Tettenborn.
Moreover, he also pointed out that before the summit, several EU leaders had also been kind to him individually.
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