EU may reconsider mechanisms of making decisions through Orban - Kubilius
Following Hungarian President Viktor Orban’s veto of the €50 billion in financial aid to Ukraine from the European Union, there are increasing demands among member states to abandon the principle of unanimity in making decisions.
This was stated by Andrius Kubilius, a member of the Security Council of the Kyiv Security Forum, Member of the European Parliament, Prime Minister of Lithuania in 1999-2000 and 2008-12, during an online discussion of the KSF, founded by the Arsenii Yatseniuk Open Ukraine Foundation, Censor.NET reports.
"When we talk about Viktor Orban, we can only guess why he is doing this. This is unacceptable and seriously undermines not only the Ukrainian issue, but also the EU and Hungary's position," Kubilius said.
"The issue here is not only Viktor Orban's personality, but the fact that the EU treaty states that important decisions in the European Union, including those related to foreign policy, should be based on consensus. So, each country has a veto. And the difference between countries like Lithuania and Germany is that we do not allow ourselves to use this veto in the way Hungary does," the MEP emphasized.
Andrius Kubilius believes that the veto can be used when the national interests of a particular country are really at risk. "But we cannot resort to blackmail and play games with this veto. There are a lot of demands in the EU to change this treaty and move away from this right," he summarized.
