Magyar against Ukraine’s fast-track admission to EU

World April 13, 19:45

The politician explained that Ukraine was a country in a state of war

BUDAPESST, April 13. /TASS/. Peter Magyar, the leader of Hungary’s Tisza party that won the country’s parliamentary elections on April 12, opposes Ukraine’s fast-track admission to the European Union, because the country is in an active military conflict.

"We do not support Ukraine’s fast-track admission. It is a country in a state of war," said Magyar, who will soon replace Viktor Orban as prime minister of Hungary.

Orban’s government also strongly opposed Ukraine’s hasty admission to the European Union, fearing a direct military confrontation with Russia. This approach caused it to butt heads with Brussels and Kiev.

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