Politico EU19.04.2026Monde
Hungary's Orbán Offers to Lift Ukraine Loan Veto if Oil Flow Restored
Outgoing PM signals readiness to approve €90 billion EU loan once Druzhba pipeline repairs begin
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- Hungary's outgoing PM Viktor Orbán said he will lift his veto over a €90 billion EU loan to Ukraine if Kyiv restores oil flows through the Druzhba pipeline, potentially as early as Monday.
- The pipeline, carrying Russian oil through Ukraine to Hungary and Slovakia, has been at the center of diplomatic tensions since February when Orbán vetoed the loan after Ukraine refused to repair infrastructure damaged by Russian strikes.
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy promised to repair the pipeline by the end of April following opposition leader Péter Magyar's election victory last weekend.
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Hungary's outgoing PM Viktor Orbán said he will lift his veto over a €90 billion EU loan to Ukraine if Kyiv restores oil flows through the Druzhba pipeline, potentially as early as Monday. The pipeline, carrying Russian oil through Ukraine to Hungary and Slovakia, has been at the center of diplomatic tensions since February when Orbán vetoed the loan after Ukraine refused to repair infrastructure damaged by Russian strikes. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy promised to repair the pipeline by the end of April following opposition leader Péter Magyar's election victory last weekend.
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