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Hungary opposes Ukraine's EU membership, says it would mean 'integrating war'

09:4826/06/2025, Thursday
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Integrating country at war would pose serious threat to bloc's stability, warns Premier Viktor Orban

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban voiced strong opposition on Thursday to Ukraine's potential accession to the European Union, warning that integrating a country at war would pose a serious threat to the bloc's stability.

Speaking ahead of the European Council summit in Brussels, Orban said Hungarians voted 95% against Ukraine's accession to the European Union.

"The problem is the war," Orban said. "If we integrate Ukraine into the European Union, we would integrate the war."

He stressed that Hungary does not want to share a political and economic community with a country currently engaged in conflict.

"We would not like to be together in one community with the country that is at war and represents an imminent danger to us. Because if a member of the European Union is at war, it means that the European Union is at war, and we don't like it," he added.

Orban's remarks highlight deep divisions within the EU over Ukraine's membership bid, as several member states push for faster integration amid ongoing war with Russia. Hungary, however, continues to veto, citing security and geopolitical concerns.

#European Union
#Hungary
#Ukraine
#Viktor Orban
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