Hungarian interests fulfilled at last week’s EU summit

“Despite a series of attacks that Hungary was subjected to before last week’s European Union summit”, the decision made at the meeting in many ways represented a fulfilment of Hungary’s national interests, ruling Fidesz MEP Tamás Deutsch said on Tuesday.

Deutsch told MTI in Strasbourg that thanks to a position Hungary had been holding consistently in connection with 50 billion euros support for Ukraine, the leaders at the summit decided “not to write a blank check”, and instead obliged the Council to hold an annual discussion concerning the use of support for Ukraine based on the assessment of the European Commission.

The other important decision made at the summit was that EU leaders gave a clear guarantee that the monies due to Hungary but so far held back “mostly unlawfully” would not end up in Ukraine, Deutsch said.