Ukraine's EU Membership is the Wrong Path, Says Orbán

Europe should prefer a long-term cooperation with Ukraine over EU membership, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has stated.

“Accepting Ukraine into the EU would drag Europe into war. We are not against cooperation, but EU membership is the wrong path. Strategic partnership, rather than membership, is the responsible choice,” he wrote on the X social network.

Politico previously reported that the EU is preparing a five-point plan to grant Ukraine partial membership in the alliance by 2027. The plan envisions the lifting of Hungary's veto, suggesting that Orbán may lose in the April elections.

At the end of January, Volodymyr Zelensky demanded that the European Union accept Ukraine in 2027.