European Commission responds to Orbán's "referendum" on Ukraine's EU bid
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Tue, 01 Jul 2025 19:55:00 +0300

This was stated by European Commission spokesperson Guillaume Mercier at a briefing on July 1, reported Radio Liberty."Our position is very clear. We take the results of these national consultations into account. The Hungarian government convened and organized this non-binding consultation. As you know, national consultations are a matter for national authorities," he said.At the same time, the European Commission spokesperson noted that Ukraine is implementing reforms "under the most challenging circumstances one can imagine."Hungary opposes Ukraine's EU membershipOn June 26, Orbán stated that 2,284,732 Hungarians participated in his referendum, with 2,168,431 allegedly voting against Ukraine’s membership in the European Union."My voice has become stronger and bolder, and I will say on behalf of over two million Hungarians in negotiations that Hungary does not support Ukraine’s EU membership," said the Prime Minister.It is also known that alongside the ballots, anti-Ukrainian pamphlets were sent to people. The authors claimed that after Ukraine’s EU accession, pensions would be under threat, epidemics would spread, cheap low-quality agricultural products would flood the Hungarian market, Ukrainian organized crime would emerge, and the mass arrival of Ukrainians would take Hungarian jobs.President Volodymyr Zelenskyy claims that Ukraine’s EU membership is currently blocked by only one country – Hungary.
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