Zelensky's visit to the United States for help was a failure!Although Biden proposed $60 billion in aid to Ukraine, he was choked by the Republican-controlled House of Representatives. Although in the end, Biden used his ** privilege to sign $200 million in aid funds, but this is tantamount to a drop in the bucket for Ukraine!
After the end of the visit to the United States, Zelensky quickly flew back to Europe, trying to find a "field" at the EU summit.
Earlier, the European Union had proposed a 50 billion euro aid to Ukraine** and another 20 billion ** to purchase aid, but this plan was strongly opposed by Hungary.
In October this year, Slovakia held a new parliamentary election, and the newly appointed Prime Minister Fizo officially announced on October 26 that Slovakia would no longer provide military aid to Ukraine.
It is reported that from August to October this year, Ukraine only received about $2 billion in aid from Western countries, a decrease of 90% from the same period last year.
As for Ukraine's rapid accession to the EU, although the EU has decided to start accession negotiations with Ukraine, the British Guardian newspaper quoted sources as saying that Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban left the room when the leaders made the decision to expand the EU, a move known in Brussels as a technical abstention, which also allowed EU leaders to make a unanimous decision. At that time, some countries were also under pressure to give Ukraine the green light.
Recently, the Slovak Foreign Minister also said in an interview that because Ukraine is still in a state of conflict, it does not meet the conditions for joining the European Union. This became the second country after Hungary to oppose Ukraine's accession, and new members of this anti-Ukrainian alliance are constantly being added.
Austrian Chancellor Nehammer publicly stated at the ** meeting on the 11th that Ukraine should not be given the green light to join the European Union, and he also accused von der Leyen of opening a fast track for Ukraine without the consent of EU members.
So why are countries such as Hungary reluctant to allow Ukraine to join the EU?
Orban has said that we are interested in a peaceful and prosperous Ukraine, but this requires the establishment of peace as soon as possible and the conscious deepening of strategic partnerships. Everything has its own designated time, but the time for Ukraine to join the EU has not yet come, but I think it is more due to economic considerations.
The German Institute for Economic Research recently calculated that if Ukraine joins the European Union, 17% of the EU's common budget will be spent on Ukraine, including agricultural subsidies of up to 190 billion.
As early as April this year, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and other countries issued bans on Ukrainian agricultural products, believing that the influx of Ukrainian agricultural products into the country would hurt their own country's agricultural system. On September 15 this year, the European Union asked countries not to extend import restrictions on Ukrainian agricultural products, however, Poland, Hungary, Slovakia and other countries refused to implement the EU's order decision, and unilaterally extended the import ban on Ukraine.
In their view, the interests of their own country are clearly more important than the EU's executive order. This dilemma has also made EU member states more cautious in their handling of Ukraine, and it has also further demonstrated that the EU needs to find a stronger partner to deal with the complex international situation.
For example, China!The China-EU summit has just come to an end, and the two sides have reached a number of consensus on cooperation, and the prospects for cooperation are promising, which also allows the EU to see an opportunity for economic recovery.