Orbán and European Council President Costa silent on details of meeting

Published connected 11/09/2025 - 11:13 GMT+2 •Updated 11:22

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán broke distant from a furniture gathering successful Budapest to big EU Council President António Costa connected Wednesday, but neither revealed details of the substance of their discussion.

"During a interruption successful today’s Cabinet meeting, I discussed the challenges facing the European Union with Antonio Costa," Orbán wrote subsequently successful a station connected X.

Costa likewise posted connected X, stating that helium had a precise utile speech "focused connected Europe's priorities and connected however to physique unity to execute them".

After the meeting, the leaders held nary property league and issued nary statements. Euronews has reached retired to the property squad of Costa and Orbán, but nary further details were given.

Hungary blocks EU unity successful galore areas

The EU is astatine likelihood with Hungary connected respective issues, chiefly regarding its enactment for Ukraine. Hungary has regularly opposed fiscal oregon subject enactment to Kyiv, calling alternatively for diplomatic efforts and bid talks.

Hungary blocked the disbursal of the European Peace Facility to Ukraine, worthy €6.6 billion, and besides vetoed the commencement of the accession talks with Ukraine.

Orbán believes Ukraine's EU accession would beryllium an economical catastrophe for Europe and for Hungary.

The EU has issued respective statements connected Ukraine connected behalf of the "EU 26", without Hungary. Budapest did not condemn the Russian aerial onslaught connected Kyiv successful precocious August and declined to motion a connection successful enactment of Ukraine ahead of the US-Russia acme successful Alaska.

The EU and Hungary are besides astatine odds over regularisation of instrumentality issues. Currently, astir of Hungary's EU funds are suspended due to the fact that of alleged corruption and regularisation of instrumentality concerns.

Orbán met Costa past met bilaterally successful February. The existent European circuit of Costa is simply a portion of European diplomacy up of the 2 large European summits successful October.