Overview

• Hungary's chief of staff, Gergely Gulyás, announced that the country will not support the proposal to admit Ukraine into the European Union, calling it 'premature'.
• Hungary also refuses to support proposed amendments to the EU’s budget, which would provide more than $54 billion in long-term aid to Ukraine.
• Hungary's Prime Minister, Viktor Orbán, a known ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, has been a main opponent of Ukraine joining the 27-nation bloc.
• The EU requires unanimity among all member nations on matters involving the admission of a new country, giving Orbán a powerful veto.
• The EU has frozen billions in funding to Hungary over alleged failures to adhere to EU rule-of-law and corruption standards, which Hungary claims is 'illegal'.