Viktor Orbán refuses to agree to €90bn loan for Ukraine as EU leaders accuse him of betrayal

<p>German chancellor Friedrich Merz described Orbán’s U-turn on the loan Hungary had agreed to in December as ‘a gross act of disloyalty’</p><p>EU leaders fumed after Hungary’s prime minister, Viktor Orbán, refused to drop his opposition to a vital €90bn (£78bn) loan for Ukraine, accusing him of betrayal and acting in bad faith.</p><p>German chancellor Friedrich Merz described Orbán’s U-turn on the loan Hungary had agreed to in December as “a gross act of disloyalty” adding: “I am firmly convinced that it will leave deep marks.”</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/19/hungary-orban-ukraine-loan-veto-eu-summit-europe">Continue reading...</a>