Published October 27,2023
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The European Union’s technique almost about the struggle in Ukraine “has failed” and the bloc ought to create a plan B because the Ukrainians is not going to win on the frontline, Prime Minister Viktor Orban informed Hungarian state radio on Friday.
Orban, talking in Brussels on the sidelines of an EU summit, mentioned there was a “big battle” particularly over assist for Ukraine. Orban mentioned he noticed no cause for Hungary to ship its taxpayers’ cash to assist Ukraine.
The EU is because of determine in December on a revision of its 2021-27 funds value 1.1 trillion euros ($1.2 trln), which is already strained by emergency spending through the COVID pandemic and since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022.
The bloc’s govt proposed that member states chip in additional to the shared coffers to offer 50 billion euros to Ukraine and spend one other 15 billion euros on migration. Another proposal would allocate 20 billion euros in army assist for Ukraine.
“We found this proposal had not been worked out properly, and was not suitable to be a basis for serious negotiations so we had rejected it,” Orban mentioned. “It was a big battle, especially on the Ukrainian issue.”
Orban mentioned the most important drawback was that the Brussels technique to ship cash and army assist to Ukraine to assist its combat towards Russia has failed.
“Today everybody knows but they do not dare to say it out loud, that this strategy has failed. Its obvious that this will not work….the Ukrainians will not win on the frontline,” he mentioned, including {that a} plan B was wanted and a value estimate for that.
“Once we know how much that costs, we can share that burden among ourselves.”
Nationalist Orban, who has consistently clashed with Brussels up to now 13 years over insurance policies his critics say have eroded democratic values in Hungary, mentioned a management change was wanted in Brussels on the European elections subsequent 12 months.
Source: www.anews.com.tr