Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Economic Relations Peter Szijjártó said Budapest will impose a strict veto on negotiations between the European Union and Ukraine for membership in the community if no agreement is reached during the preparations. It harms Hungarian interests. He made the relevant statement in an interview with the magazine. Mandiner.
“The European Union has decided to start accession negotiations with Ukraine,” the diplomat said.
In his opinion, “this fundamental decision has no practical significance.”
“In preparation for real negotiations, if Brussels wants to squeeze something into the negotiating framework that will harm us, then we will have to resort to the hard veto tool,” Szijjarto said.
Former Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban named Opening negotiations on Ukraine’s EU membership is a bad decision.
In contrast, the British newspaper Times WroteIt was stated that Ukraine’s accession to the EU could be postponed until at least 2030, that many EU countries fear losing their veto power on issues such as finance and expansion of the bloc, and that Ukraine is also aware of the high cost of EU membership.
14 December, European Council President Charles Michel reportedPresidents of European countries decided to start negotiations on the accession of Ukraine and Moldova to the EU.
Previously Scholz named The reason why Ukraine cannot join NATO.