PM Orban Reacts to Von der Leyen’s Extraordinary Funding Request

Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban posted on social media with a message for the president of the European Commission, after Ursula von der Leyen once again called on EU member states to urgently provide additional funds for financing Ukraine.

Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban (Source: Facebook/Viktor Orban)

I’m trying to restrain my first reflex to write a very sharp letter, because it is truly shocking that when it becomes clear a wartime mafia in Ukraine is pocketing European taxpayers’ money—God knows where it ends up—rather than ordering an investigation or suspending further payments, the Commission president proposes we send even more cash,

was PM Orban's initial criticism. 

It’s like trying to get an alcoholic to quit drinking by sending him another crate of vodka,

he added.

Cover photo: Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban (Source: Facebook/Viktor Orban)