{"id":16732,"date":"2025-08-26T04:43:12","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T01:43:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mongolianews.mn\/?p=16732"},"modified":"2025-08-26T04:43:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T01:43:12","slug":"ukraine-doesnt-deserve-eu-membership-budapest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mongolianews.mn\/?p=16732","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine doesn\u2019t deserve EU membership \u2013 Budapest"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kiev\u2019s attacks on critical energy infrastructure are unacceptable, top Hungarian officials have said<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ukraine cannot force its way into the European Union with extortion, bombings and threats, according to Prime Minister Victor Orban and other Hungarian officials, who accused Kiev of jeopardizing the country\u2019s energy security.<\/p>\n

Ukrainian forces struck the Soviet-era Druzhba (Friendship) pipeline several times this month, halting the flow of Russian oil to Hungary and neighboring Slovakia. Ukraine\u2019s Vladimir Zelensky remarked on Sunday, with a smile and a play on the pipeline\u2019s name, that Kiev\u2019s \u201cfriendship\u201d<\/em> with Budapest depends on Hungary\u2019s stance.<\/p>\n

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban described Zelensky\u2019s comments as a \u201cpublic threat\u201d<\/em> and a confession that Kiev had intentionally jeopardized his country\u2019s energy security \u201cbecause we don\u2019t support their EU membership,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0according<\/a> to Magyar Nemzet on Monday.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis shows that the Hungarians made the right choice,\u201d<\/em> Orban added. Earlier this year, Hungary blocked<\/a> EU accession talks with Ukraine, following a national referendum in which more than 2 million Hungarians \u2013 around 95% of voters \u2013 rejected<\/a> Kiev\u2019s bid.<\/p>\n

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Orban\u2019s remarks were echoed by his chief of staff, Gergely Gulyas, who condemned Ukraine\u2019s actions as \u201cunacceptable\u201d<\/em> at a government briefing on Monday.<\/p>\n

\u201cEven if Ukraine were already an EU member, it would still have no right to dictate from whom we buy our energy,\u201d<\/em> Gulyas stressed.<\/p>\n

Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto also issued a sharp rebuke to Zelensky\u2019s \u201cintimidation\u201d<\/em> in a post on X. \u201cWe call on Zelensky to stop threatening Hungary and to end the reckless attacks on our energy security!\u201d<\/em> he wrote on Sunday.<\/p>\n

In response, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrey Sibiga argued that Szijjarto cannot dictate to Zelensky \u201cwhat to do or say, and when,\u201d<\/em> and urged Budapest to \u201cdiversify and become independent from Russia, like the rest of Europe.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

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Trump \u2018angry\u2019 about Ukrainian attacks on key Russian pipeline to EU \u2013 Budapest<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The European Union\u2019s economic success has long depended on access to affordable Russian raw materials and, despite Brussels\u2019 push to phase out Russian energy, \u201cwe don\u2019t see today where Europe will get price-competitive, guaranteed alternatives,\u201d<\/em> Gulyas noted.<\/p>\n

Unlike many EU countries, Hungary has refused to send weapons to Kiev and maintains that Ukraine\u2019s NATO membership could trigger an all-out conflict with Russia. The Druzhba controversy has become yet another source of tension in relations already strained by Hungary\u2019s opposition to EU sanctions on Moscow and disputes over the rights of ethnic Hungarians living in western Ukraine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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