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Hungary lifts veto EU member states have reached agreement on unblocking an urgently needed €90bn (£78bn) loan for Kyiv and a new package of sanctions
EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said in a social media post following the agreement. “Extremisms and violence carry consequences.” Hungary’s former longtime Prime Minister Viktor Orban had blocked the sanctions for months. However
Hungary dropped [its long-standing veto](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/11/eu-announces-sanctions-against-violent-israel-settlers) over sanctions against violent Israeli settlers – a sign it no longer sought to be outside the EU
Hungary to finally lift its longstanding veto on the EU loan, with the bloc’s 27 member states now expected to formally sign off on it by Thursday. ## More sanctions
vetoes over the long-delayed loan and sanctions after a dispute over a damaged oil pipeline that traverses Ukraine came to an end. Russian oil deliveries to [Hungary](https://www.theguardian.com/world/hungary) and Slovakia resumed
veto on €90bn in EU aid to Ukraine](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/15/ukraine-war-briefing-orbans-defeat-in-hungary-could-unlock-90bn-loan-for-ukraine-says-eu-official), once his government is sworn in early next month. Kyiv badly needs the money. Hungary is also expected to drop its opposition
vetoing Ukraine’s EU talks in June 2025 and blocked an [18th sanctions package](https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/european-commission-unveils-18th-package-russia-sanctions-aimed-energy-military-2025-06-10/) against Russia. [Zelenskyy](https://www.president.gov.ua/en/news/slovachchina-bude-razom-iz-nami-ta-z-inshimi-partnerami-v-ro-100001) and Fico then, inscrutably, patched up their relationship at the Ukrainian town
Hungary’s outgoing prime minister Viktor Orbán suggested he would drop his country’s veto on the EU’s €90bn loan for Ukraine** as soon as the oil starts flowing, which could happen this week
veto, the European Union released a 90-billion-euro ($105bn) loan to Ukraine on Thursday, two-thirds of which will help Ukraine’s military. “Deadlock over. The EU just cleared
veto. Scott Lucas, a professor of international relations at the University of Birmingham, explained that Europe does not have a single political culture. “Germany, for example, cannot turn its back on Israel because
veto  Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy makes statements
sanctions by the UK on Russian companies are expected to be announced this week, in a bid to disrupt military supply chains. Ahead of the EPC meeting, which first convened in October 2022 months after
sanctions on anyone paying more than $60 a barrel for Russian oil. Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the EU banned seaborne imports of Russian oil but kept land flows legal. That allowed Hungary
sanctions against Russia as an early signal of political realignment. Hungary will also be expected to meet several conditions related to its institutions, judiciary system, checks on corruption, asylum laws and academic freedoms. Behind
Hungary’s new government dropped its veto over [Ukraine](https://www.theguardian.com/world/ukraine) moving to the next stage of EU talks, a step hailed as a milestone by insiders. Péter Magyar’s decision on Wednesday enables
Hungary’s new leader, [Peter Magyar](/news/2026/4/13/who-is-peter-magyar-hungarys-new-leader-who-trounced-viktor-orban), prepares to take power. Orban, widely known as the EU’s main spoiler, had held up the money as leverage in a feud with Kyiv over the suspension
sanctions against the Russian oil industry and refining: From hits, downtime, and delays in shipments,” Zelenskyy said on May 1. Bloomberg reported on April 30 that average output per refinery had dropped to 4.69 million
Hungary’s former prime minister, Viktor Orban, was [ousted](/news/2026/5/9/peter-magyar-sworn-in-as-hungarys-pm-ending-orbans-16-years-in-power) in parliamentary elections last month. Under Orban, who maintained close ties with Russia, Budapest repeatedly used its veto power to block Ukraine’s accession