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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
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
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. 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
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 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