Prime Minister Péter Magyar and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen
MEP Csaba Dömötör drew attention to reports in the media claiming that the new Hungarian government had lifted Hungary’s previous veto on aid to Ukraine. He believes the decision could enable the EU to reimburse tens of billions of euros in Ukrainian military expenditures, the costs of which Hungarian taxpayers would also have to share.
FIDESZ MEP Csaba Dömötör responded on his social media page to information published in an internal Politico newsletter, based on which the new Hungarian government has agreed to allow the European Union’s new defense fund to reimburse, retroactively, the amounts that certain member states had previously spent on financing the war in Ukraine. He explained that the decision essentially means that the new cabinet has abandoned the previous government’s position.
To be precise: the new government has lifted the previous government’s veto,”
stated Csaba Dömötör.
The politician wrote that as a result of the decision, “up to 40 billion euros in military spending to date could be covered by EU funds,” which, based on his calculations, amounts to approximately 14 trillion forints. According to Csaba Dömötör, Hungary is also contributing to the fund, thus Hungarian taxpayers’ money is also involved in the matter.
Hungarian taxpayers’ money is already in this fund, therefore, from now on they will also have to contribute to the financing,”
he wrote.
The politician also objected to the fact that, according to him, the issue was not discussed publicly following negotiations with the President of the European Commission.
It speaks volumes: the new prime minister never mentioned this during his joint press conference with von der Leyen, and neither did the foreign minister,”
he said.
According to Csaba Dömötör, the matter clearly illustrates the new cabinet’s EU policy. “This is what it looks like in practice when they cannot say no. And this is what it looks like in practice when they only have to give up a little sovereignty,” he concluded his post.
Via Magyar Nemzet; Featured photo: Facebook/ Péter Magyar
