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    Hungary blocks €50bn of EU funding for Ukraine

    Author: Editors Desk Source: BBC News:
    December 15, 2023 at 05:55
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    Hungary has blocked €50bn ($55bn; £43bn) in EU aid for Ukraine - just hours after an agreement was reached on starting membership talks.

    "Summary of the nightshift: veto for the extra money to Ukraine," Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said after Thursday's talks in Brussels.

    EU leaders said the aid negotiations would resume early next year.

    Ukraine is critically dependent on EU and US funding as it continues to fight occupying Russian forces.

    The aid blocking was announced by Mr Orban shortly after the EU leaders decided to open membership talks with Ukraine and Moldova and to grant candidate status to Georgia.

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