Orbán meets with Michel, Scholz, Macron and von der Leyen before EU summit

Orbán meets with Michel, Scholz, Macron and von der Leyen before EU summit

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On the eve of the EU summit, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban discussed the enlargement process with the EU's top leadership, assuring them that there were no exceptions to merit-based accession.

Before the EU summit, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban met with European Council President Charles Michel, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, French President Emmanuel Macron and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, UNN reports .

Meeting before the EU summit with Charles Michel, Emmanuel Macron, Olaf Scholz and Ursula von der Leyen. Enlargement is a merit-based process. There are no exceptions!

- wrote Orban.

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Addendum

On December 13 , Orban said he was blocking the start of negotiations on Ukraine's accession to the European Union because it was not in his country's interests.

Prior to this, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba stated that  Ukraine had received the first unofficial signal from Hungary, indicating a "window of opportunity" at the EU summit.