Orban versus the EU on Ukraine: How can different member states break the impasse? | EUROtoday

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Ukraine is searching for €50 billion in price range help from the European Union. If it doesn’t get it, it may need to boost taxes and even print cash this spring, officers in Kyiv have recommended. At stake are usually not solely Ukraine’s funds, however the EU’s entire dedication to Kyiv’s membership of the European Union. Brussels has formally agreed to begin accession talks with Ukraine. But it’ll be a protracted street, and the Hungarian prime minister has warned that there will probably be loads of alternatives for him to dam the method. On the problem of economic help, Viktor Orban has signalled he may approve particular person envelopes, fairly than a one-time settlement on the fund. That would give him the flexibility to defy his EU colleagues on a complete collection of selections. We talk about easy methods to break this impasse with two MEPs.