Zelenskyy criticises Orbán for anti-Ukrainian statements and engaging Ukraine in Hungarian elections
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Sat, 03 May 2025 14:15:05 +0300
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has criticised Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbn for engaging Ukraine in the Hungarian elections and doing very dangerous things.
Source European Pravda InterfaxUkraine news agency Zelenskyy during a conversation with journalists on Saturday Details Commenting on Orbns statements about the impossibility of Ukraines accession to the EU, Zelenskyy mentioned a poll of the Hungarian opposition, indicating that 70 are in favour of Ukraines accession to the EU in fact, almost 60 ed..
The president of Ukraine believes that the Hungarian PMs actions are related to Ukraines involvement in the internal political struggle amid the upcoming 2026 elections.
Just dont drag us into your elections.
He Orbn ed.
is actually doing it by blocking our accession to the EU.
In the end, this strategy will not be a success.
Why Because people there are still supporting Ukraine, Zelenskyy is convinced.
The president also said that Orbn is doing very dangerous things for the European Union, and Ukraine is informing its partners about it.
He may be against it, but he has no right to take steps to block our accession to the EU, because it is the choice of another state.
Just as we have no right to interfere in Hungarys fate, Zelenskyy explained.
Background Ukraines leadership and the European Commission had ambitious plans for the pace of accession negotiations in 2025, but the Hungarian veto prevented them from proceeding.
On 29 April, Ukraine and Hungary agreed to hold regular consultations in Budapest to unblock the accession negotiations.
Budapest organised a consultative poll on Ukraines accession to the EU, and Viktor Orbn has already publicly voted against it.
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