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Andras ROSTOVANYI, with Anne-Laure MONDESERT in Brussels

Hungary's Orban Ramps Up Anti-EU Rhetoric Amid Row Over Frozen Funds

Hungarian leader Viktor Orban (R) greets EU President Charles Michel in Budapest (Credit: AFP)

EU chief Charles Michel met Prime Minister Viktor Orban Monday in a bid to ease rising tensions, with the increasingly belligerent Hungarian leader threatening to block key decisions on Ukraine.

Orban -- the only EU leader who has maintained close ties to the Kremlin -- is threatening to use his veto at an EU summit in December to block aid to his war-torn neighbour and stop Ukraine's bid to join the bloc.

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