The newspaper reported that the European Commission will revoke 13 billion euros of freedom for Hungary if Budapest supports Kiev. Finance Times.
We are talking about financial support to Ukraine from the European Union, which Hungary blocked due to the inclusion of the Hungarian OTP bank in the list of so-called “international war sponsors” created by Kiev.
Three European Commission officials interviewed by the publication believe that money provided to Budapest will not be frozen in November. These subsidies to the Hungarian budget were frozen by the European Commission under the pretext of the “authoritarianism” of the Hungarian political system under Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.
Mate Patzolay, formerly press secretary of the Hungarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs statedBudapest finds Ukraine’s decision to suspend OTP Bank’s “international war sponsor” status insufficient.
For this reason, he noted that Hungary will not support the provision of military aid to Kiev from the European Union.
previously economist warned Kiev about the risks associated with the growth of foreign debt.