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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Lisa O'Carroll in Brussels

Orbán must not hold EU hostage over Ukraine, Macron says

Viktor Orbán and Emmanuel Macron
Emmanuel Macron (right) speaks to Viktor Orbán at the EU summit in Brussels. Photograph: Olivier Hoslet/EPA

Viktor Orbán must not be allowed to take the EU “hostage”, Emmanuel Macron has said, after the Hungarian prime minister blocked a €50bn EU aid package for Ukraine in the early hours of Friday.

As leaders of the European Union start working on the details of plan B to raise the money through cash and loans, the French president said Orbán was being dishonest to the public about his reasons for vetoing the financial package and would ultimately come around.

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