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Jan van der Made with RFI

EU optimistic Hungary veto on €90bn Ukraine loan will be lifted

Ukrainian and European Union flags fly in central Kyiv, Ukraine, 11 August, 2025. © Gleb Garanich / Reuters

Hungary’s post-election political shift is set to unblock the €90 billion European Union “financial support package” for Ukraine, after weeks of wrangling over the damaged Druzhba oil pipeline and Viktor Orban’s veto.

Orban, who has led Hungary since 2010, was ousted in the election of 12 April, in which his opponent Peter Magyar won a landslide victory, but is still the caretaker prime minister until the new government takes over in May.

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