Orban Says EU Wants to Divert Hungarian Family Funds to Support Ukraine
In a Friday post on X, Orban wrote:
“Brusselian bureaucrats have their hands out, trying to take money from our families so they can shovel it over to Kiev. Brussels calls putting families first heresy. We call it common sense.”
Orban framed the dispute within his domestic policies, which include redistributing tax revenue and expanding social benefits. These measures encompass the existing 13th-month pension and plans to gradually introduce a 14th-month payment. He argued that “the money is in a better place with Hungarian families than in Kiev.”
The EU’s budget relies on contributions from member states and shared revenues, meaning that support for Ukraine either requires increased national payments or borrowing at the EU level, which is later repaid through member budgets. Reports last month indicated that the US and EU proposed a ten-year reconstruction plan for Ukraine totaling roughly $800 billion.
Orban, a consistent critic of financial aid to Ukraine, called the proposal a “shock” and warned it could burden the bloc with significant debt. He has also criticized the recently approved €90 billion ($106 billion) EU loan for Ukraine covering 2026–27. Hungary, along with a few other member states, chose not to participate in the plan.
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