Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Friday called on Europeans to recognize the new situation created by the election of Donald Trump who, during his campaign, promised to put an end to the war in Ukraine in “twenty-four hours”without specifying how he intended to go about it.
“The situation on the battlefield is obvious, it is a military defeat” for Ukraine, he said on Friday before welcoming the heads of state and government of the Twenty-Seven, gathered in Budapest for an informal summit. Donald Trump “hate war” and therefore, “for us, Europeans, the situation is evolving”he added on Hungarian radio. And for the Hungarian leader, who pleads for a ceasefire, there is only one way to respond: “Let us adapt quickly and move from war to peace. »
Other European leaders are not ready to give up their support, at a time when Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky denounces “suicidal” any concession to Russia. French President Emmanuel Macron and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk released a joint statement on Friday in which they reaffirmed their “determination to provide unwavering support to Ukraine and the Ukrainian people”.
But for Mr. Orban, the European front is cracking. “The number of those who are silent, when they were previously more talkative, is increasing, the number of those who are cautious is increasing, and the number of those who are asking the question whether perhaps we should adapt to the new situation is also increasing »he assured. False, retorted Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson. “I even think it’s the opposite, the obvious support for Ukraine is the same as before”he said upon his arrival at the summit of the Twenty-Seven.
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