Breaking news: Hungary has vowed to defy EU pressure to approve a four-year, €50bn aid package to Ukraine and has condemned the bloc’s proposal to undermine its economy as ‘blackmail’ https://t.co/3M0uGYWcY1 pic.twitter.com/H3L9PWAHPK
— Financial Times (@FT) January 29, 2024
A file seen by the FT outlines a confidential plan by Brussels to shut off all EU funding to Budapest in order to spark a run on Hungary's currency and drive a collapse in investor confidence https://t.co/QRQWzBMvdZ pic.twitter.com/cjiB1EtekC
— Financial Times (@FT) January 29, 2024
Orban is a Putin stooge, but crashing a member state's economy isn't the way to deal with him nor does it show the EU in a favourable light. It would be more effective to remove Hungary from the EU.
