Magyar is turning out not to be as Kiev-friendly as he seemed during the campaign.
In a surprise turn of events, Hungary has delayed a ‘key procedural step’ in the process to advance the EU membership bids of Ukraine and Moldova.
Hungary has blocked the next step in Ukraine’s path toward EU membership
Budapest was the only EU member state that refused to support the common position of all 27 countries required to open new accession negotiation clusters for Ukraine and Moldova.
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Hungary has blocked the next step in Ukraine’s path toward EU membershipPolitico reported:
“Kyiv and Chisinau reached a milestone on their path into the bloc when EU countries unanimously approved, on June 15, the opening of the first formal negotiating chapter for both countries. The move had been blocked for years by former Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, who opposed Ukraine’s EU membership.
[…] The two countries now hope to quickly progress through the EU’s accession process, with Ukraine’s Deputy Prime Minister Taras Kachka telling POLITICO earlier this month that Kyiv is aiming to open all six negotiating clusters (groups of formal chapters) by mid-July.”
Crowds in Budapest booed PM Peter Magyar, chanting “TRAITOR!” and demanding his resignation.
Many believe he sold out Hungary’s anti-migration stance for €16.4 BILLION from Brussels.
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— Global Dissident (@GlobalDiss) June 6, 2026
HUNGARIANS ARE FURIOUSThe European Commissioner Ursula von der Leyen hinted that, after the opening of the first negotiation cluster, Ukraine and Moldova will go their separate ways in the process of joining the EU.
Kiev regime leader Volodymyr Zelensky, for his part, expressed a hope that the remaining five clusters would be opened in the coming weeks.
That’s easier said than done, since today (23), it’s been reported that Hungary opposed sending a letter to the European Council and Commission outlining the joint position of EU’s 27 countries.
Only Hungary opposed the step.
“The move is in keeping with Prime Minister Péter Magyar’s cool stance toward Ukraine’s membership. While Magyar did not oppose opening a first cluster for Ukraine, his government insisted on deleting the words “as soon as possible” regarding Kiev’s EU membership from the written conclusions of a gathering of EU leaders in Brussels last week, according to one of the diplomats.
[…] During a news conference at the end of the European Council meeting last week, Magyar doubled down, telling reporters: ‘There are six clusters in total, and we don’t think opening them all at once is a good idea — partly because the ink on the first one isn’t even dry yet, and partly because it would send the wrong message to the countries of the Western Balkans — Serbia, Albania, Montenegro, and North Macedonia — [which] have spent years working toward EU membership’.”
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