Meloni Pushes Hungary’s Orban to Unlock Ukraine Aid in Back-Channel Talks
- The Italian prime minister is seeking to unblock aid for Kyiv
- An agreement could pave the way for Orban’s Fidesz to join ECR
Giorgia Meloni and Viktor Orban.
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Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is seeking to convince Hungarian Premier Viktor Orban to lift his opposition to the European Union’s support for Ukraine and to improve relations with President Volodymyr Zelenskiy.
Movement on those issues could pave the way for Orban’s Fidesz party to join the far-right European Conservatives and Reformists political party alongside Meloni’s Brothers of Italy, Poland’s right-wing Law and Justice and the nationalist Sweden Democrats, among others, according to people familiar with the discussions.