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Fact check: Did the EU bypass Hungary's veto on Ukraine’s €90 billion loan?

On 24 February, the European Parliament announced that it had signed off on a €90 billion loan to support Ukraine. On social media, some users claimed this showed Brussels had overridden Hungary’s opposition to the loan. However, this is only one part of the legislative process.

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Brussels welcomes fact-finding mission to Druzhba, hoping to lift Hungarian veto

"We need to take the next steps to see what shape and form this fact-finding mission will take," Brussels said about the Hungarian-Slovak proposal.

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France and Czech SAFE defence loan plans cleared, sources say, but Hungary row looms large

Hungary is holding up two packages of support to Ukraine, including a €90 billion loan the war-torn country needs as a matter of urgency.

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Orbán and Fico set up Druzhba investigative team, demand access to pipeline in Ukraine

Hungary and Slovakia set up a joint team to investigate the Druzhba pipeline and demanded that Ukraine allow experts on-site. Prime Minister Viktor Orbán accused Ukraine of lying and of “state terrorism” in a new attack.

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Newsletter: Baltic leaders express dismay over Orbán's Ukraine vetoes

Also in this newsletter: Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez makes progressive pitch for EU's competitiveness push, and a Belgian court deals a blow to the country's strictest migration policies in history.

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Hungary’s Viktor Orbán seeking to drum up votes by doing down Ukraine

EU’s longest-serving leader hopes to retain power by telling voters the main threat to country comes from Kyiv

The Guardian - UK

Orbán proposes 'fact-finding mission' to Druzhba pipeline, admits 'difficulties' caused by his veto

In a new letter to António Costa, Viktor Orbán admits the "political difficulties" caused by his veto on the €90 billion loan for Ukraine.

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Autocracy is rising in the west. But the global south proves it’s not inevitable

While some who have lived their entire lives under democracy seem willing to forsake it, many who have experienced life under autocracy want out

The Guardian - US

Denmark’s Mette Frederiksen calls March election amid ‘Greenland bounce’ in polls – as it happened

‘It will soon be spring – and the Danes will soon be going to the polls,’ Danish PM tells the parliament in a special statement

The Guardian - UK

Iceland to hold referendum on EU accession talks in next few months, PM says – as it happened

Date for referendum on opening talks to join the EU yet to be decided but will be ‘in the coming months’, says Kristrún Frostadóttir

The Guardian - UK

Fearing Ukrainian action, Orbán deploys soldiers to priority energy facilities

The Hungarian prime minister has also ordered a drone flight ban in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county, near the Ukrainian border.

Euronews

EU asks Ukraine to repair Druzhba pipeline as Croatia offers alternative route

The Adria pipeline through Croatia is the most viable alternative to provide oil to Hungary and Slovakia while Druzhba is being repaired, the European Commission said on Wednesday after an experts' meeting.

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How Hungary hijacked Brussels and Kyiv with a double veto leaving Ukraine in limbo

The Hungarian foreign minister accused Ukraine of lying and reprimanded Kaja Kallas in a tense meeting in which Budapest used its veto powers twice to the fury of member states supportive of Ukraine.

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Hungary's veto stalls EU bid to raise pressure on Moscow over Ukraine war

Plans to intensify sanctions on Russia have stalled after Hungary blocked new measures, undercutting a planned show of EU unity.

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The Guardian - UK

‘Political sabotage’: EU leaders accuse Hungary of undermining support for Ukraine

Viktor Orbán’s government blocks fresh economic measures against Russia on eve of war’s fourth anniversary

Euronews

EU accuses Hungary of disloyalty for vetoing €90 billion loan to Ukraine

Hungary's decision to veto the €90 billion loan for Ukraine has received strong rebukes from other EU countries, which see it as an act of disloyalty.

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Double Hungarian veto thwarts loan for Ukraine and new sanctions on Russia

"We should not tie together things that are not connected to each other at all," High Representative Kaja Kallas said on Monday amid a new crisis caused by back-to-back Hungarian vetoes.

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Hungary blocks adoption of EU sanctions package until transit oil supplies resume

No EU loans can be handed to Ukraine until oil deliveries to Hungary are resumed, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said after a meeting with the Energy Security Council.

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The Independent UK

Hungary threatens block EU sanctions on Russia over Ukraine pipeline dispute

A unanimous decision from the 27-nation bloc is required for the sanctions to pass

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Parliamentary election campaings begin in Hungary

Candidates and their supporting organisations have two weeks to collect the necessary signatures of support.

The Independent UK

Hungary says it will block a key EU loan to Ukraine until Russian oil shipments resume

Hungary says it is blocking a major EU loan for Ukraine until Russian oil starts flowing again through the Druzhba pipeline

The Guardian - AU

Ukraine war briefing: Hungary threatens to block €90bn EU loan to Kyiv in oil row

Viktor Orbán demands Ukraine reopen Druzhba pipeline for Russian deliveries; Zelenskyy says Ukraine is not losing the war. What we know on day 1,459

Euronews

Hungary blocks €90 billion loan for Ukraine over damaged pipeline as tensions escalate

Hungarian foreign minister accuses Ukraine of sabotage and says his country will block financial assistance for Kyiv until transit of Russian oil resumes. Ahead of a key election, Budapest ups its anti-Ukraine rhetoric.

The Guardian - UK

Authoritarians, strongmen and dictators: who is on Trump’s Board of Peace?

Representatives of repressive regimes from around the world are flying to Washington for the inaugural meeting of the body

The Independent UK

Hungary will suspend diesel shipments to Ukraine over interruption to Russian oil supply

Hungary is halting diesel shipments to Ukraine as a dispute over interrupted Russian oil flows through Ukraine drags on

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