In a video released in the evening, Orban said that Hungary did not agree to a common European position and did not support the conclusions of the summit on support for Ukraine due to the fact that they were "pro-war".
— Hungarian families lost 2.5 million forints over the last 3 years (now around 6.8 1000 dollars — ed.) per household. This has to stop, I gotta stop. We cannot let Hungarian families to proceed to bear the economical consequences of Russia's war with Ukraine," commented Orban.
The Prime Minister added that this can only be achieved "by convincing Europe to support the efforts of US president Donald Trump for peace alternatively than engaging in war adventures." “ Only then will peace prevail,” said the head of the Hungarian government.
Orban acknowledged that during the Thursday debate at the Brussels Summit he failed to convince EU leaders and so vetoed the common position.
Orban on Zelenski. “Anger for function confusion”
“The president of Ukraine besides participated in this debate and I would not say he did it in a friendly way,” Orban said. He added that Zełenski "was suffering from confusion of roles". “It acts as if it is already in the European Union and can so afford a sharper tone. In fact, he cannot, due to the fact that he is simply a candidate who wants to join the EU," he said.
Orban confirmed that he wanted to compose a referendum on Ukraine's EU membership in Hungary. “I will ask the Hungarian people for their opinion. And no substance how hard president Zelenski pressures us, until I know the Hungarians' opinion, I will not be able to support Ukraine," the Prime Minister said.
