Hungary Drops Veto Against Kyiv

[upbeat music] Balázs, so good to have you on the podcast.

We're talking on the 6th of, uh, June 2026 in Cres, in Croatia, uh, the sidelines of the, uh, Europe's Future, uh, initiative, uh, uh, we're fellows at, at a fantastic, uh, uh, with a fantastic group of other people.

But, uh, part of our conversations here and also between us for a long time is about the nature of relations between Ukraine and, uh, Hungary.

It seems like there is a breakthrough, or we hear about the breakthrough, uh, after Hungarian elections, and you've been looking very closely into what the breakthrough really is about.

Uh, uh, we know that Hungarians are unlocking, uh, some of the old, some, some of the doors that have been locked by Orbán for Ukraine pathway towards EU, but even the supports, the, uh, the continuous support of, uh, of Ukraine.

Mm, but it, what is the price, uh, that, that Mádyar was able to, and Anita Orbán as a foreign minister, uh, able to, uh, extract from Ukrainians for, for, for making a Ukrainian, uh, pathway more open? Um, what do we know?

So thank you.

Thank you for hosting me and having me.

I think it's my first time, so I, I appreciate the invite, and I'm really, really happy to, to be with you here.

Not mentioning Cres, which is a fantastic place.

[laughs] Uh, um, so yes, indeed, let me kind of divide your question into two, um, parts.