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Except that it was Orbán who had to give in. When he realized that he could be easily bypassed and that his veto card would not work, he was forced to give in, because at the same time it was decided whether to release EU funds to Hungary or not.
Hungary is mainly looking for a handout again and concessions with regards to the money for Hungary the EU is still sitting on due to their compliance failures.
I hope no concessions will be made and the EU finds a way to simply bypass Hungary in this as indicated in the article. >

Orban's an authoritarian-putin-wannabe-asshole is the main reason.
I'm sure of it. >

Yeah, but he's also a greedy and selfish asshole playing games.
Orban is looking out for Orban and nobody else... >

This is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 75%. (I'm a bot)


Hungary has blocked the allocation to Ukraine of the seventh tranche of €500 million from the European Peace Fund, which is intended for military aid.
The EU has a backup plan: it was already used when Hungary blocked €18 billion of macro-financial assistance to Ukraine in early December 2022.
Charles Michel, the President of the European Council, said that since the first day of the full-scale invasion of the war, the European Union and its member states have allocated €50 billion in aid to Ukraine.


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It sounds like this is a bit of a headache for the EU, but not a real roadblock. They can bypass Hungary's veto:

However, the EU has a backup plan: it was already used when Hungary blocked €18 billion of macro-financial assistance to Ukraine in early December 2022.
Then the European Union adopted a decision that would allow this aid to be provided bypassing Hungary. This was enough for Hungary to give in, and the aid package was eventually approved by the 27 EU countries.
Thus, if Budapest does not give up its veto, the EU can also take a similar decision in 26 countries, RMF FM sources among diplomats in Brussels suggest. "It is difficult for a small pro-Russian state, which has exemptions from all sanctions, to dictate the position of the entire EU," said one of them. >

Except that it was Orbán who had to give in. When he realized that he could be easily bypassed and that his veto card would not work, he was forced to give in, because at the same time it was decided whether to release EU funds to Hungary or not. >

Why do they get a veto while they're not in compliance? It's silly. >

Because the rules were written under the, in hindsight very naive, assumption that member states would act in good faith and not be a disruptive vassal of (or 5th column for) a hostile external party. >

Please can’t we expel them from EU. They can join the Russian federation instead! >

Id rather that not happen.  My best friend and his family live there. >

Hungary is the little puppet of Russia >

Its time to burn the troyan horse in europe ! >

Kick them out!!! >

They might be in the EU but they are not part of the EU. >

Could we just outright ban parties in democratic countries that help dictators? 
They only grave dictatorship and autocracy and when given the chance would immediately ban, jail or assassinate their political opponents or parties anyway. So why do we always react to them and not act first?
Parties that are clearly trying to sabotage democracy...well...shouldn't be part of democracy >

Take them out >

Hungary is mainly looking for a handout again and concessions with regards to the money for Hungary the EU is still sitting on due to their compliance failures.
I hope no concessions will be made and the EU finds a way to simply bypass Hungary in this as indicated in the article. >

Orban's an authoritarian-putin-wannabe-asshole is the main reason.
I'm sure of it. >

Yeah, but he's also a greedy and selfish asshole playing games.
Orban is looking out for Orban and nobody else... >

It sounds like this is a bit of a headache for the EU, but not a real roadblock. They can bypass Hungary's veto:

However, the EU has a backup plan: it was already used when Hungary blocked €18 billion of macro-financial assistance to Ukraine in early December 2022.
Then the European Union adopted a decision that would allow this aid to be provided bypassing Hungary. This was enough for Hungary to give in, and the aid package was eventually approved by the 27 EU countries.
Thus, if Budapest does not give up its veto, the EU can also take a similar decision in 26 countries, RMF FM sources among diplomats in Brussels suggest. "It is difficult for a small pro-Russian state, which has exemptions from all sanctions, to dictate the position of the entire EU," said one of them.