Michel to meet with Orban before EU summit after Budapest's demands on Ukraine

President of the European Council Charles Michel will travel to Hungary on Monday, November 27, for talks with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban in preparation for the upcoming EU summit, where decisions on Ukraine are expected. This was reported on November 23 by the spokesperson for the President of the European Council, Catherine Kasinje, UNN reports.

On Monday, European Council President Charles Michel will travel to Hungary for a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Viktor Orban in the framework of the preparation (meeting) of the European Council

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Politico reported that Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban threatened to block all EU aid to Ukraine, as well as the country's future accession to the bloc, unless EU leaders agree to revise their entire strategy of supporting Kyiv.

The European Union on November 23 approved an advance payment of 900 million euros ($1 billion) to Hungary from its still-frozen share of recovery funds, as the bloc tries to override Budapest's veto on aid to Ukraine.

EU officials told Reuters last month that the bloc was considering providing aid to Hungary to gain Budapest's support for Ukraine. More recently, however, sources involved in the preparations for the December 14-15 summit of EU leaders to discuss Ukraine expressed growing skepticism that Orban could be influenced.