{"id":4410,"date":"2025-06-28T16:04:02","date_gmt":"2025-06-28T16:04:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/?p=4410"},"modified":"2025-06-28T16:27:04","modified_gmt":"2025-06-28T16:27:04","slug":"ukraine-in-nato-would-mean-wwiii-orban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/28\/ukraine-in-nato-would-mean-wwiii-orban\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine in NATO would mean WWIII \u2013 Orban"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Hungarian prime minister has also warned that the EU\u2019s rush to admit Ukraine would bring conflict to the heart of Europe<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ukrainian accession to NATO would lead to an immediate all-out war with Russia and World War III, according to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban. He has also cautioned against hastily admitting Ukraine into the EU.<\/p>\n

Budapest has long opposed Brussels\u2019 policies on the Ukraine conflict, including weapons deliveries and sanctions on Russia. It has also urged against integrating Ukraine into NATO and the EU.<\/p>\n

In a post<\/a> on X on Saturday, Orban wrote that Ukrainian membership in NATO \u201cwould mean war with Russia, and World War 3 the very next day.\u201d<\/em> He added that the \u201cEU\u2019s reckless rush to admit Ukraine would pull the frontlines into the heart of Europe.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

The Hungarian prime minister described the EU leadership\u2019s approach as \u201cinsanity,\u201d<\/em> vowing not to \u201clet them turn Europe into a battlefield.<\/em><\/p>\n

Orban\u2019s X post came after an interview with Hungarian media on Friday, in which he argued that the admission of Ukraine into the EU would ruin the entire bloc, including Hungary\u2019s economy. He previously outlined his concerns over cheap Ukrainian produce undercutting Hungarian farmers.<\/p>\n

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He added that Ukraine\u2019s borders and population will remain fluid for as long as the conflict with Russia lasts, making EU membership untenable.<\/p>\n

On Thursday, Budapest vetoed a joint EU statement on Ukraine at the Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels, effectively blocking Kiev\u2019s accession talks. Under EU rules, unanimous approval from all 27 member states is required to initiate the process.<\/p>\n

According to a communique issued by the bloc, the issue is expected to be brought up again at the council\u2019s next meeting in October.<\/p>\n

Commenting on his country\u2019s stance earlier this week, Orban cited the results of a consultative vote in Hungary that ran from mid-April to June 20, which asked: \u201cDo you support Ukraine\u2019s European Union membership?\u201d<\/em> According to the prime minister, 95% of more than 2 million participants rejected Ukraine\u2019s EU aspirations.<\/p>\n

Earlier this month, Orban insisted that even though the Ukraine conflict is \u201cunwinnable\u2026 war-hungry politicians want us to believe that we must continue the war.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cWe do not want to die for Ukraine. We don\u2019t want our sons to come back in a coffin. We don\u2019t want an Afghanistan next door,\u201d<\/em> he said, calling for a diplomatic solution instead.<\/p>\n

He went on to criticize the increasing militarization of the EU, for which the European Council formally approved a \u20ac150 billion ($171 billion) borrowing mechanism last month.<\/p>\n

Moscow has long opposed Ukraine\u2019s bid to join NATO, but had until recently maintained a neutral stance regarding its EU ambitions. However, in light of the EU\u2019s \u201crabid\u201d<\/em> militarization, senior Russian officials have recently expressed reservations regarding EU membership as well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Hungarian prime minister has also warned that the EU\u2019s rush to admit Ukraine would bring conflict to the heart of Europe Ukrainian accession to NATO would lead to an immediate all-out war with Russia and World War III, according to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban. He has also cautioned against hastily admitting Ukraine into…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4412,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4410","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4410","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4410"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4410\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4414,"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4410\/revisions\/4414"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4412"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4410"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}