Marta Gichko09:23, 12/15/23
Charles Michel promised that the EU will fulfill its financial promises regarding Ukraine.
President of the European Council Charles Michel is confident in funding for Ukraine despite the Hungarian veto.
As reports“European Truth”, Michel stated this in a comment after the end of the meeting of EU leaders, which lasted until late at night. A top EU official noted that Ukraine should see a positive signal in the vote on budget support, despite the fact that Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban blocked its adoption.
“We are still capable of making unanimous decisions. It’s always difficult. But now we have already built almost unanimity, all but one vote,” he said, commenting on the Hungarian veto.
Due to Orbán’s veto, the decision on the “mega package” for Ukraine was postponed until January. Michel is confident that Ukraine will still receive the money.
“We have the tools to ensure that Ukraine can count on our support, there is a strong political will of 26 leaders to accept this “mega package.” And this is the signal that we want to send to Ukraine,” he said.
At the same time, Michel refused to answer whether the EU would make a decision to bypass Orban’s veto, because European officials have such an option in financial matters. The official stressed that the EU will fulfill its financial obligations regarding assistance to Ukraine.
“We have various tools to ensure that we deliver on our political promise,” Michel said.
Orbán veto
Recall that at night the scandalous Prime Minister of Hungary Viktor Orban vetoed aid to Ukraine in the form of €50 billion from the European Union.
“Result of the night shift: veto on additional money for Ukraine, veto on the revision of the multi-year budget. We will return to this issue next year at the EU summit after appropriate preparations,” Orban said on the social network X.
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Orban gets his next bribe……………………………………………
Comment in the DT from A Hodgson:
“How can Hungry be allowed to exist in and take the benefits of the EU when it is clearly a pro Putin regime, happy to pursue the cause of Russian aggression in Ukraine and elsewhere?
It should be thrown out, but they, the EU, are not capable of deciding how to do it. One answer to it is simply a majority vote, but the EU would take another 20 years to see the sense of that solution.”
Article 7 of the Treaty on European Union allows for the possibility of suspending European Union (EU) membership rights (such as voting rights in the Council of the European Union) if a country seriously and persistently breaches the principles on which the EU is founded as defined in Article 2 of the Treaty on European Union (respect for human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, the rule of law and respect for fundamental rights, including the rights of persons belonging to minorities). Nevertheless, that country’s membership obligations remain binding.
In accordance with Article 7, on the proposal of one third of EU Member States, or of the European Parliament or of the European Commission, the Council, acting by a majority of four fifths of its members, having obtained the Parliament’s consent, may determine that there is a clear risk of a serious breach of these fundamental principles by a Member State, and address appropriate recommendations to it.
Article 354 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union lays down the voting procedures to be used by the main EU institutions when a Member State faces the application of Article 7. The country in question does not take part in the vote. It is not included in the calculation of the one third of countries required for the proposal or the four fifths required for the majority. Parliament’s consent requires a two-thirds majority.
Good catch F1.
All EU and Nato members with unambiguous putlerite regimes must be suspended indefinitely. That is if either of these two sorry-ass shitshows want to retain at least some modicum of credibility.
But will they take that action?
Will they fuck!
Orbanistan is just Belarus with western benefits, so that shithole has got to go. Imagine how putler and his bum chum trumpkov would be gnashing their teeth if those ninnies for once showed they had some spunk.
Slovakia must go also and so must Holland if God forbid tovarish Wilderskov gets hold of power.
Non-Nato but EU members Ireland and Austria must be kept under observation too.
Just wonder why the EU have not applied article 7 to Hungary? No way do Hungary uphold the principles of the EU, and blocking this corrupt country from voting would send a message to the rest of the russian lovers.
@scradgel
“It should be thrown out, but they, the EU, are not capable of deciding how to do it. One answer to it is simply a majority vote, but the EU would take another 20 years to see the sense of that solution.”
despite renewed consideration for this ambitious enterprise that is Europe, it is rumored that Europe is functioning better since the English left it!
it’s true that, all decision-makers/builders have to know where to place certain actors to reduce their power of nuisance. for example the US is pleading for Erdogan to join the EU!
the worm in the fruit to rot the basket is really friendly!
until now the EU is moving forward and growing despite all the trials/difficulties and the internal and external ill will done to it by competitors or enemies 😉
until now the Anglo-Saxons, like China, like all competitors, are delighted with an EU lacking in efficiency, coherence and power.
on the allied side we cannot bet on having a lackey, a diminished actor, and then be surprised or complain that he is not developed/autonomous enough to save your life or the situation. we reap what we sow.
the EU is different countries trying to get along, not just Republican Anglo-Saxons and Democratic Anglo-Saxons trying to be efficient…
a little humility… 😉
More nonsensical word-salad.
I don’t care if, like the putinaZis, Macronistas like you deploy the term “Anglo-Saxons” as a pejorative. I am mainly Celt, so I don’t give a shit.
@Foccusser
we can already assume because entering and exiting is a complicated operation. we saw this clearly with Brexit.
all systems are threatened by inconsistency and at the same time, sometimes in life we have the choice between two nuisances and the question is where I would have the most control on this nuisances…
otherwise I welcome your more constructive responses than the simple denigration of certain comments.
(by the way, Zelensky and Michel are friends in real life.)
@scradgel
I am not a Macronist and Anglo-Saxons are not pejorative.
on the other hand, a lackey or a hegemon does not excite me whatever their language spoken. I appreciate lucidity and I don’t like being unfair 😉
for word salad I can’t understand if it’s due to the random translation or if you’re being haughty or dishonest
“We have the tools to ensure that Ukraine can count on our support, there is a strong political will of 26 leaders to accept this “mega package.” And this is the signal that we want to send to Ukraine,”
Then just use the damned tools, for Christ’s sake! Throw the shithole out of the EU (NATO too).