For the final three and a half years, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has stood nearly alone towards the fixed pro-Ukraine warfare mongering in Europe, solely very not too long ago joined by Slovak PM Robert Fico.
Orbán has persistently opposed Ukraine’s entrance on the EU, and has referred to as a nationwide referendum in Hungary about this, by which at least 95% of these collaborating rejected ‘dragging’ the war-torn nation into the troubled union.
‘They mentioned NO to warfare, NO to financial destroy, and NO to Brussels’ delusions. With over 2 million votes solid, we’re taking our individuals’s mandate for peace and customary sense to Brussels’, wrote Orbán on social media platform X.
❌ The Hungarian individuals have spoken: 95% mentioned NO to dragging Ukraine into the EU! ❌
They mentioned NO to warfare, NO to financial destroy, and NO to Brussels’ delusions. With over 2 million votes solid, we’re taking our individuals’s mandate for peace and customary sense to Brussels. pic.twitter.com/PaD0jQqBfy
— Orbán Viktor (@PM_ViktorOrban) June 26, 2025
The conservative champion argues that Ukraine’s EU membership would drag all the Union into the warfare.
Now, backed by over two million Hungarian votes, he’s sending a warning to Brussels to cease their ‘reckless plans’ as soon as and for all.
Kyiv Impartial reported:
“The ballot, promoted by Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s authorities, has already drawn criticism over its credibility and turnout. [Hungarian news outlet] Telex reported that the system could possibly be manipulated — testing confirmed that customers have been in a position to vote twice utilizing completely different e mail addresses.
In keeping with Telex, 2,278,000 individuals participated within the session — roughly 29% of the voters that voted within the 2024 European Parliament elections. Of these, the federal government claimed 95% voted towards Ukraine becoming a member of the EU, whereas solely 5% supported the bid.”
The nationwide vote on Ukraine’s EU accession was introduced in March as a part of Orbán’s effort to dam the method.
Euractiv reported:
“In keeping with the Hungarian authorities, the outcomes printed on Thursday present that 95% of surveyed residents – roughly round 29% of the nation’s eligible voters – oppose Ukraine’s accession to the EU.
[…] All through the marketing campaign, Orbán’s authorities made a concerted effort to sway public opinion, together with widespread billboard, letter, and flyer messaging towards Ukraine’s accession.
Orbán informed reporters in Brussels on the EU summit that, primarily based on these outcomes, he plans to proceed vetoing the opening of any additional EU negotiation chapters with Ukraine.
‘The issue is the warfare, if we have been to combine Ukraine into the EU, we’d combine the warfare, we wouldn’t wish to be in the identical neighborhood as a rustic at warfare’, Orbán mentioned.”
Ukraine’s EU membership would drag all the Union into warfare. Backed by over two million Hungarian votes, we introduced that warning to Brussels and stopped their reckless plans of their tracks. Our individuals have spoken, and their message couldn’t be clearer: NO means NO! pic.twitter.com/wOKhtuG6ra
— Orbán Viktor (@PM_ViktorOrban) June 26, 2025
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