The Brussels bureaucrats apparently are rather peeved that Hungary has insisted that EU members be defended against such actions of non-members as Ukraine, which has cut off the legally contracted delivery of oil, via the Soviet-era Druzhba oil pipeline from Russia to Hungary, going across Ukraine. The EU leaders at the European Commission have had to deal with their proxy warrior, Ukraine, by instructing it to restore the oil transmission so that the EC can deliver on a desperately needed €90 billion euros, and the war can continue.
Yet, hell hath no fury like a bureaucratic regime having to enforce rules it fully meant to violate. The EC has just approved the funding of France and Czechia under the Security Action for Europe (SAFE) program to finance military build-ups amongst its members, leaving only 1 of 19 nations awaiting approval of their submitted plan—Hungary. Ukrainska Pravda reported that the EC’s unofficial reason for freezing an approval of Hungary’s funds, according to an unnamed diplomat, is Hungary’s blocking of the €90 billion. It quoted the diplomat’s explanation: “It is difficult for the European Commission to agree to billions of euros for [Hungary’s Prime Minister) Viktor Orbán when he is violating the principle of loyal cooperation and blocking money for a country that is fighting Russia.”
