Ukraine 'light years away' from joining EU, says Viktor Orban
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Viktor Orban said he and his government would “resist” EU talks scheduled for mid-December on whether to formally extend an invitation to Kyiv to join the bloc.
    • Specimen@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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      10 months ago

      mate just throw the baby out, the rest of it is fine. I don’t feel like as a Hungarian that I should be punished for what that piece of shit prime minister is doing.

      don’t say to vote him out, that doesn’t work in a dictatorship disguised as a democracy.

  • weker01@feddit.deEnglish
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    10 months ago

    I do not like Orban at all and hate to agree with him, but I think he is right. I think there are two big reasons why Ukraine is unlikely to join the EU proper in the near to medium term:

    1. The EU needs reform when it comes to deciding things when there is no consensus and this is now a very accepted position.The EU will only become more sluggish if we open the gates to another country with veto power.
    2. Farmers. Ukraine is a big (and has potential to be even bigger) aggreculture powerhouse. Many laws (aggreculture subsidies etc) in the EU are not sustainable if Ukrain becomes part of the EU.

    These problems are solvable, but take a lot of time I think. Also I don’t think it is in the EUs best interest to allow a war torn/rebuilding market into the single market, but here I could be wrong. Maybe there are reasons (like a way to exploit Ukraine after the war) that would invalidate my theory…

    I would like to see the EU expand, but I think it will take a long time.

    • Mopswasser@feddit.deEnglish
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      10 months ago

      As cynical as it may sound, the war has had an immeasurable cost to Ukraine, they are nowhere near in a capacity to join the EU economically for decades.

    • lemmington_steele@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      10 months ago

      that’s why he said: light years away

      as in: there is still a great amount of distance Orban thinks Ukraine needs to cover before they converge with the EU admissions acceptability criteria

      God, I can’t believe I just had to defend Orban

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    10 months ago

    This is the best summary I could come up with:

    Viktor Orban said he and his government would “resist” EU talks scheduled for mid-December on whether to formally extend an invitation to Kyiv to join the bloc.

    Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has said Ukraine is “light years away” from joining the EU.

    The comments came as he was reelected as the president of the right-wing nationalist Fidesz party for the 11th consecutive time in Budapest on Saturday.

    Unanimity among all member states is required to admit a new country into the EU, giving Orban a powerful veto.

    The EU’s executive earlier this month recommended the beginning of accession talks with Ukraine, saying that its government “has shown a remarkable level of institutional strength, determination and ability to function.”

    Billions in funding have been withheld from Budapest over concerns that the government has failed to uphold rule-of-law and human rights standards.

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