Concessions to Hungary on Ukraine's membership may cost the posts of the European Union's top officials.
Hungary's actions may cost top EU leaders their posts
As the publication notes, Hungary and its pro-Russian Prime Minister Viktor Orban are already resorting to open blackmail of the EU.
For the country not to block the issues of Ukraine's EU membership, the bloc's long-term budget, and migration, the European Commission intends to give Hungary access to billions of EU funds that Brussels has frozen due to concerns about the judicial system's independence.
Some EU countries see Hungary's threats as a way to get more money from the European Commission, and while Orbán's concession may ease the situation in the short term now, it could undermine the EU for a long time.
The publication emphasizes that if Orbán is allowed to get his way, it will also provoke the fury of the European Parliament ahead of next year's EU elections and subsequent dismissals from senior positions, including for the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, in case she wants to be re-elected for a second term.
Hungary blocks Ukraine's accession to the EU
On December 14-15, there will be a summit of the leaders of the EU countries. Several issues related to Ukraine will be discussed at it. In particular, the beginning of negotiations on joining the EU, providing 50 billion euros of economic support and allocating another 20 billion euros for the Ukrainian army. In addition, a new package of sanctions against Russia is on the agenda.
According to mass media, Hungary will block everything related to Ukraine's support. While in Argentina, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy talked with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán on the eve of the EU leaders' summit.
The European mass media assume that because of Hungary, the start of negotiations on the accession of Ukraine can be postponed to March 2024.
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