The Hungarian government not only refuses to provide further funds and weapons to Ukraine, but also demands that the corrupt regime immediately account for the EU aid it has received so far, Foreign and Trade Minister Péter Szijjártó announced on Thursday in Brussels.
The minister stated at a press conference after the meeting of the EU Foreign Affairs Council that there was “madness” in Brussels, as the meeting proceeded as if nothing had happened in Ukraine and further aid of €100 billion for the country was being negotiated as if one of the most serious corruption scandals in European political history were not currently unfolding there.
Brussels turns a blind eye to Ukraine’s corrupt war mafia while the @EU_Commission asks member states for another €100 billion. Instead of demanding financial clarity, they want to pour even more European taxpayer money into a system everyone knows is rotten. Scandalous. pic.twitter.com/YXJpyU7F7L
— Péter Szijjártó (@FM_Szijjarto) November 20, 2025
“It was proposed to send even more money to Ukraine to secure the functioning of the Ukrainian state and army for the next few years. It was suggested that even more weapons be sent to Ukraine, if necessary by purchasing weapons for Ukraine from the credit line for strengthening European defense capabilities. And it was proposed that Russian energy companies also be subject to sanctions, which would of course be another serious blow to the European economy,” he listed.
“Unfortunately, it could get even worse, because today several colleagues said that the corruption scandal in Ukraine is another reason, another justification for admitting Ukraine to the European Union,” the chief diplomat continued.
It has been said that Ukrainians must be admitted to the European Union in order to prevent further corruption scandals. This is madness that must be stopped,”
he added. The minister emphasized that Hungary would not only refrain from providing further funds and weapons, but would also demand that Ukraine immediately account for the EU aid it had received so far. “We demand that Ukraine account for how much money European taxpayers have fallen victim to the corruption network,” he stressed.
What is happening in Brussels is beyond any common sense. Even after it became clear that part of European taxpayers’ money ended up funding gold toilets and other luxury items for the war mafia in Ukraine, they still want to send more than 100 billion euros to Kyiv. pic.twitter.com/TV1JeUrouj
— Péter Szijjártó (@FM_Szijjarto) November 19, 2025
FM Péter Szijjártó also warned that it was dangerous that, in response to news of the peace plan under preparation, some European politicians openly signaled their continued interest in obstructing the peace process and raised every possible doubt and objection.
It is clear that European politicians still do not want peace and will do everything they can to prevent the conclusion of a peace agreement,”
he warned. The minister then condemned the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy for welcoming the Ukrainian attacks on the Russian energy system, which in his opinion clearly carries the risk of escalation. “The situation is such that the political elite here in Brussels is currently under the illusion (…) that Ukraine can win this war,” Péter Szijjártó noted.
“Of course, the Ukrainians have the right to continue the war, but this decision or right of the Ukrainians does not in any way morally or legally oblige the European Union (…)
It is deeply contrary to Europe’s interests to pump money and weapons into the continuation of this unwinnable war,”
he said. In this context, the minister emphasized that instead, the fighting must be ended as quickly as possible and that to this end, the American president’s peace efforts must be supported immediately and unconditionally. “At the same time, I think it would also be in Europe’s interest for European-Russian negotiations to begin as soon as possible so that the European Union is not excluded from future, promising cooperation between West and East after a possible American-Russian agreement,” he explained.
Via MTI; Featured photo: newsroom.consilium.europa.eu
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