Hungarian government: The EU wants to keep Ukraine alive. This must not happen.

It has long been clear that the Hungarian government is determined to see the war in Ukraine end as soon as possible, regardless of the consequences for Ukraine. In this effort, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán—who, according to his Political Director Balázs Orbán, has had a "pro-peace" stance for the past three years—has found key allies in the current U.S. administration and the so-called "pro-peace" countries aligned with it.

Last week, Orbán once again defied the EU consensus on supporting Ukraine. Then on Saturday, the Hungarian government sent a clear message through its official Facebook page, outlining its stance on the EU's position. The post conveyed the government's interpretation of the European Council's recent decisions regarding Ukraine, stating that the EU:

• wants to keep Ukraine alive,
• intends to finance Ukraine’s one-million-strong army and the Ukrainian state,
• plans to fast-track Ukraine’s accession to the EU.

The government’s post then said that these measures "must not happen," further asserting that the EU is overstepping its boundaries and warning that such actions could have severe economic consequences. Once again, the Hungarian government has used its official Facebook page to declare its opposition to the EU’s continued support for Ukraine.

According to the post, the primary concern is economic. However, it is also notable that while the post was a summary of Orbán’s statements from Saturday, this rhetoric is striking, especially from a government that has recently been referring to Ukraine as merely a "territory."

At the annual event of the Hungarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry marking the start of the business year, Orbán remarked that the EU's efforts to keep Ukraine alive are a matter of such gravity that they could shape Hungary’s future in the medium and long term. As a result, he announced plans to launch a consultative vote on the issue.

Note: The post was originally available here, but was deleted after publication of our original article in Hungarian – or at least it was set to private, but the image originally shared by the government is visible below.

This may be increasingly necessary because the Americans want to achieve peace as soon as possible by threatening Volodymyr Zelensky, withholding intelligence and pandering to the Russians – for example, by supposedly stopping cyber operations there. Meanwhile, Donald Trump has suggested that negotiating with Putin—who remains firm in his demands—is easier than dealing with Ukraine, which was attacked and which continues its defensive fight.

International support for Ukraine has been shifting toward a voluntary coalition, composed not only of EU member states but also other European and non-European countries. This "coalition of the willing," being formed at summits in Paris and London, is primarily made up of NATO member states, with a few exceptions, rather than being an expanded EU effort.