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At a meeting of the Twenty-Seven that begins this Thursday, December 14, the Hungarian Prime Minister, who claims to be pro-Putin, is once again threatening to break European unity over the crucial issue of membership to the EU.
Will block, won't block? As a two-day European summit begins in Brussels on Thursday, December 14, uncertainty remains over what Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán will do: the far-right leader who has Chimène's eyes for Vladimir Putin will dare – he will block the opening? Accession negotiations with Ukraine, which he again described this Wednesday, December 13th, as a “terrible mistake” and/or the financial aid package intended for him (70 billion euros)? This is how the Union is doing: 26 countries with 440 million inhabitants and 99% of Europe's GDP depend on the mood of a state with fewer than 10 million inhabitants, even when it comes to making an important geopolitical decision that will have repercussions the future of Ukraine as a state.
This European Council of Heads of State and Government must, in fact, decide on the opening of accession negotiations with Ukraine and Moldova in the first half of 2024, grant Georgia “candidate” status and fundamentally stop macroeconomic aid to Kiev amounting to 50 billion euros (17