Hungary hding Ukraine hostage in its fight for EU money – Kuleba

That’s according to Foreign Minister of Ukraine, Dmytro Kuleba, who spoke with Pitico, Ukrinform reports.

“Hungary is playing its own game. It took Ukraine as a hostage for its fight for money it believes the Commission owes to them. The good news is that the Commission found the way how to make this financial aid to Ukraine possible without securing a vote by Hungary, so now we know for critical cases there is a sution,” Kuleba noted.

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As reported, on December 13, the permanent representatives of the Eurean Union agreed on recommendations for the Council of the EU regarding the implementation of the "conditionality mechanism" in relation to Hungary, which provides for suspending budget funding for the country in the amount of EUR 6.3 billion due to shortcomings in the field of the rule of law and risks to the EU budget.

Recently, the EU Council approved a package of macro-financial assistance to Ukraine for 2023 in the amount of EUR 18 billion. Hungary, which for some time blocked the adtion of such a decision, withdrew its objections after negotiations within the EU Council.

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