EU leaders agreed to open accession talks with Ukraine at the bloc's final summit of the year, but Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban blocked €50 billion in financial aid for Kyiv.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban blocked €50 billion ($54 billion) in EU aid for Ukraine after leaders side-stepped his opposition to agree to open talks with Kyiv on joining the bloc.
A crunch summit in Brussels broke up after a day of wrangling as the Hungarian authoritarian leader refused to greenlight funding to help prop up Ukraine's government over the next four years.
"Summary of the nightshift: veto for the extra money to Ukraine," Orban wrote on social media.
EU chief Charles Michel confirmed that European leaders had failed to agree to a budget plan including aid for Ukraine after an objection from one member, understood to be Hungary.
Michel said leaders would return to the issue "early next year."
Source: Dw
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