Aid within framework of bilateral agreements: Orbán opposes EU's plan to allocate EUR 18 billion in aid to Ukraine

This is reported by Portfolio.

It became known that Orbán offered the EU member states to see how much money they want to allocate for activities in Ukraine, and distribute them among themselves in a “fair and proportional” way.

“Hungary will allocate the specified amount, namely HUF 60-70 billion (EUR 147-172 million) per year, from the national budget within the framework of a bilateral agreement with Ukraine,” Orban explained.

“Hungary has declared that it will support the Ukrainian people, but it is not ready to put the interests of Ukraine above its own,” he added.

The Hungarian government's rejection of the joint borrowing mechanism has been sharply criticized by a number of leading Western European politicians in recent days. At the same time, outlining the possibility of direct budgetary support from Hungary is a fundamentally new element in the government's policy of supporting Ukraine.