{"id":8931,"date":"2025-11-19T19:30:22","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T20:30:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.globaltalenthq.com\/?p=8931"},"modified":"2025-11-24T18:42:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T18:42:12","slug":"europeans-grandchildren-would-pay-for-new-ukraine-loan-orban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.globaltalenthq.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/19\/europeans-grandchildren-would-pay-for-new-ukraine-loan-orban\/","title":{"rendered":"Europeans\u2019 grandchildren would pay for new Ukraine loan \u2013 Orban"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Hungarian PM has called Brussels\u2019 push for an additional \u20ac135 billion for Kiev \u201ccategorically absurd\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

A push by the European Commission to raise an additional €135 billion ($156 billion) for Ukraine would burden future generations of Europeans with debt, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has warned. The remark comes as a major corruption scandal is unfolding in Kiev.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, Orban wrote on X that European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen had “once again asked the member states for additional funds to finance Ukraine and the war.”<\/em><\/p>\n

The target sum, he argued, amounts to 65% of Hungary’s annual economic output and nearly three-quarters of the EU’s yearly budget. Such an “astronomical sum,”<\/em> he added, “simply does not exist today.”<\/em><\/p>\n

“The Brusselian ‘magic trick’ would once again be a joint European loan, a move that would ensure even our grandchildren would be burdened with repaying the costs of the Russian-Ukrainian war,”<\/em> Orban wrote, describing the idea as “categorically absurd.”<\/em><\/p>\n

Von der Leyen reportedly urged EU governments to reach a swift agreement to cover Ukraine’s military and financial needs for the next two years, outlining funding options including bilateral contributions, joint EU borrowing, and a reparations loan based on Russia’s immobilized assets.<\/p>\n

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Orban, in response, said Brussels’ strategy was like trying to “help an alcoholic by sending them another crate of vodka.”<\/em> He noted that the proposal was even more “astonishing”<\/em> at a “time when it has become clear that a war mafia is siphoning off European taxpayers’ money.”<\/em><\/p>\n

Last week, the Western-backed National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) announced a probe into a “high-level criminal organization”<\/em> allegedly led by Timur Mindich, a former business associate of Vladimir Zelensky. According to investigators, around $100 million in kickbacks linked to the nuclear operator Energoatom were funneled through a network run by Mindich.<\/p>\n

While the bloc regularly issues general warnings about corruption in Ukraine, EU officials have often refrained from addressing scandals that could reflect poorly on Zelensky and his inner circle.<\/p>\n

Orban said recently the EU had already “burnt”<\/em> €185 billion since the conflict escalated in 2022. The war “kills the EU economically,”<\/em> he warned, adding that Brussels should instead pursue diplomacy with Moscow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Hungarian PM has called Brussels\u2019 push for an additional \u20ac135 billion for Kiev \u201ccategorically absurd\u201d A push by the European Commission to raise an additional €135 billion ($156 billion) for Ukraine would burden future generations of Europeans with debt, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has warned. The remark comes…<\/p>\n

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