Amidst Hungary-Ukraine Dispute, Hungarian Prime Minister Continues to Block EU Sanctions and Aid Package

At a European Union (EU) summit on March 19, 2026, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán continued to veto both an EU financial aid package for Ukraine and a sanctions package targeting Russia, much to the chagrin of the bloc’s leadership. Just shy of the fourth anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, Prime Minister Orbán announced that EU member state Hungary would oppose both a European Union (EU) financial aid package to Ukraine and the sanctions package intended for Russia. Slovakia soon followed suit.