Orbán opposes Ukraine in EU, citing war and budget worries
Photo: Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán (Getty Images)
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has once again spoken out against Ukraine's membership in the EU. He stated that he wants peace in Europe, and Ukraine is allegedly hindering this, Index reports.
The Hungarian prime minister made this statement at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) Hungary-2025.
Orbán claims that there are two plans for Europe, one of which is liberal. The Hungarian prime minister considers Brussels' pro-war stance to be the biggest problem.
"The key to the liberal plan is Ukraine. Accelerated EU membership is a convenient excuse for reorganizing Europe in wartime. The liberal plan leads to a war-torn, centralized, debt-ridden Europe where there is no freedom, but obedience," Orbán said.
He outlined his plan for Europe, called Patriot, which consists of four points. One of the main points of Orbán's plan is to ban Ukraine from joining the EU.
Orbán's plan includes the following points:
- "We want peace, we don't need an eastern front, and we don't need Ukraine's membership in the EU."
- "We want sovereignty, we don't want common taxes, we don't want common borrowing, we don't want common economic management, we don't want our money to go to the war of a third country."
- "We must defend freedom, we must give people back their freedom of politics, thought, and opinion."
- "We want to take Europe back from migrants. We want Christian culture, schools based on national principles, streets, and neighborhoods without fear. We want to be proud of our peoples."
Conflict between Hungary and Ukraine
In May, the Security Service of Ukraine exposed a Hungarian military intelligence spy network in Ukraine's Zakarpattia. The network included a former Ukrainian military officer and a female soldier.
The spies gathered information about the military security of the Zakarpattia region and looked for vulnerabilities. Their task was also to study the attitudes of residents, in particular, in the event of Hungarian troops entering the region.
Hungary accused Ukraine of propaganda and later expelled two Ukrainian diplomats.
A former Ukrainian diplomat was also detained in central Budapest for alleged espionage. The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry called the incident a witch hunt and called on the Hungarian authorities to stop the anti-Ukrainian hysteria.
For more on why Orbán launched an anti-Ukrainian campaign and what spies have to do with it, see the article by RBC-Ukraine.
