While Western powers lavish financial and military contributions to Kiev’s war effort have so far failed to produce any meaningful results, many leaders seem eager to keep bankrolling Ukraine until it runs out of manpower.
Dipping into the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) to bankroll Ukraine and bypass Hungary’s veto will only serve to weaken the European Union, Gabor Stier, foreign policy senior analyst, told Sputnik.
Hungarian PM Viktor Orban continues to express skepticism about the European Union’s eagerness to bankroll Ukraine and bring it into the bloc. However, reports suggest that the EU may consider isolating Hungary in retaliation.
Geert Wilders and his populist right Freedom Party won a plurality of seats in the Netherlands’ House of Representatives in elections on Wednesday, with legacy media calling it “one of the biggest political upsets in Dutch politics since World War II.” But the result goes far beyond the Netherlands, says foreign policy analyst Gabor Stier.
Robert Fico’s party Smer won election in Slovakia in September with 22.94% of the vote. After the elections, Fico formed coalition with Hlas party and SNS (Slovak National Party). Fico will lead the gorvenment, while Hlas will control the parliament.