Orbán vetoes joint EU statement on Ukraine – again

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Viktor Orbán at the 26 June EU summit. Photo: MTI/Miniszterelnöki Kommunikációs Főosztály/Fischer Zoltán

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Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán vetoed the joint statement on Ukraine at the EU summit on 26 June 2025. The remaining 26 member states thus issued their conclusions on Ukraine in a separate document, 444.hu reported.

According to the news portal, this was the third summit in a row in which the Hungarian prime minister vetoed the section on Ukraine. However, this was not unexpected, as Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó had already announced on Monday that the prime minister would veto the joint statement.

The 26 member states have declared that they will support Ukraine’s defensive war and the country’s accession to the EU, both financially and with weapons.

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