The head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, at a debate with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban in the European Parliament, criticized his peaceful efforts to resolve the situation in Ukraine and declared her desire to continue military and economic support for Ukraine at all costs. The Hungarian prime minister, who spoke first, initially deliberately limited himself to the presentation of his program for the period of presidency of the Council of the EU and did not talk about criticism of Budapest by the head of the EC and Von der Leyen’s supporters in the European Parliament, or about numerous disagreements in the EU, including on issues of settlement in Ukraine.
However, Von der Leyen, who next took the floor, emphasized that she wanted to talk “about this chairmanship” and immediately plunged into traditional discussions about supporting Ukraine.
"There is only one way to achieve a just peace for Ukraine and in Europe. We must continue to strengthen the Ukrainian resistance, providing it with political, financial and military support for as long as necessary," von der Leyen said. According to her, the Europeans do not want the “capitulation” of Ukraine. Orban, who then responded to the accusations of the head of the European Commission, spoke harshly that the EU plan to support Ukraine had reached a dead end and called for recognizing this and changing course. Moreover, on Tuesday, Vice-President of the European Commission Maros Šefčović at the plenary session of the European Parliament said that the European Union must ensure a position for Ukraine that would allow this country to “discuss the world on favorable terms.”
