Russia was very surprised and disappointed that Orban did not veto Ukraine's accession at the EU summit, because Orban vowed to veto the proposal before attending the summit. The people who eat melons are also very surprised: Who made the always tough and stubborn Orban change his position at a critical moment?
At present, there are two people who have taken the initiative to stand up and show their credit: Italian Prime Minister Meloni and German Chancellor Scholz.
The Italian newspaper Libero reports that the country's Prime Minister Georgia Meloni persuaded Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban not to interfere in the negotiations on Ukraine's and Moldova's accession to the European Union at the EU summit in Brussels.
Orban ultimately decided not to veto the proposal and left the room at a critical moment in the vote, all because Meloni, who met with him before the summit, played a crucial role," the article says.
The newspaper said that the Hungarian Prime Minister left the hall "in accordance with the practice agreed in advance with Meloni."
But German Chancellor Olaf Scholz dismissed the Italian report, claiming that Orban's position was still vacillating at the critical moment before the vote, and that it was he who took Orban out of the voting hall before the vote, allowing Hungary to abstain from the vote and acquiesce to the adoption of the proposal.
Scholz said that after the vote, he looked at the hesitant Orban and immediately proposed to leave for a moment and go out for a coffee, and the Hungarian prime minister agreed after a short thought, "and then we adopted this historic decision with 26 votes in favor and one abstention."