Orbán says EU is on the brink of bankruptcy after Brussels demanded more money
June 29 (.).- Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán assured this Thursday that the European Union was on the brink of bankruptcy and, in response to the Commission’s proposal to found the Union as a member, called on those allegedly responsible for this to identify the situation States should increase their contributions.
“How did the European Union come to the brink of bankruptcy?” asked the ultra-nationalist politician in a video uploaded to social networks ahead of his participation in the summit of EU leaders in Brussels today and tomorrow .
The European Commission on Tuesday asked member states for new national contributions to the EU budget worth €65.8 billion until 2027 to fund priorities including support to Ukraine, migration management and clean technologies.
Orbán reiterated in those messages that the European Union wanted 50,000 million more for Ukraine, although he accused him of being unable to justify the funds given to the country so far to support it against the Russian invasion.
Hungary is the only NATO country, along with Turkey, that has not sent military aid to Ukraine, and insists the only way out of the war is negotiations with Russia.
The Ultra leader also pointed out that Brussels wanted more money to pay for loans already requested, which he said Poland and Hungary “haven’t seen a dime of yet”.
“They want more money from us for migration, but not for border protection,” he said.
Furthermore, he pointed out that part of these additional contributions would go to “increase the salaries of bureaucrats in Brussels”.
“The Hungarian position is clear. First, we want to know what the huge sums of money we’ve given so far have been spent on,” said Orbán, who also asked “who is responsible for bringing the EU to the brink of bankruptcy.”
The European Commission (EC) has frozen the delivery of 22 billion euros in EU funds to Budapest until it can be demonstrated that the Hungarian government guarantees that the programs using them respect the European Charter of Fundamental Rights.
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