{"id":445908,"date":"2026-02-24T13:31:04","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T12:31:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/2026\/02\/24\/ucraina-lira-del-parlamento-europeo-contro-viktor-orban-cavallo-di-troia-di-putin-tradisce-leuropa\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T14:51:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T13:51:13","slug":"european-parliament-vents-anger-against-viktor-orban-over-ukraine-putins-trojan-horse-hes-betraying-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/2026\/02\/24\/european-parliament-vents-anger-against-viktor-orban-over-ukraine-putins-trojan-horse-hes-betraying-europe\/","title":{"rendered":"European Parliament vents anger against Viktor Orb\u00e1n over Ukraine: \u2018Putin\u2019s Trojan horse; he\u2019s betraying Europe\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brussels – While Ursula von der Leyen and Antonio Costa arrive in Kyiv empty-handed, the European Parliament holds Viktor Orb\u00e1n accountable. The fourth anniversary of Russia’s aggression against Ukraine, marked by the Hungarian veto<\/a> to the twentieth package of European sanctions against Moscow and the 90 billion euro loan to Kyiv, becomes a trial of the now established sovereignist fringe in Brussels <\/strong>and Vladimir Putin’s Trojan horse. “Anyone who supports Putin chooses war,” thundered Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, connected remotely to the chamber. <\/p>\n

The wound is fresh and deep: with a sudden about-turn, Orb\u00e1n’s Hungary has once again exposed the fragility of the Union, at a time when \u2013 compounded by the White House’s ambiguity \u2013 the 27 are being called upon to shoulder the burden of Kyiv’s resistance to the invader. So, instead of celebrating its renewed commitment to Ukraine, the EU now finds itself having to deal with those within its ranks who continue to throw obstacles in its path.<\/p>\n

After Zelensky’s speech, in which he insisted that the EU should be “as strong as it was when the invasion began”, and that of the President of the European Parliament, Roberta Metsola<\/strong>, who recalled that “when we are united, Ukraine and Europe are strong,<\/strong>” it was the turn of the leaders of the political groups. And, starting with the pro-European coalition supporting Ursula von der Leyen, the House vented its anger against Orb\u00e1n.<\/p>\n

On behalf of the EPP, Germany’s Heinz Michael Gahler <\/strong>said: “Our anger is not only directed at Putin, but also at his admirers and those who profit from the war in the EU, such as Orb\u00e1n and Fico (Robert Fico, Prime Minister of Slovakia, ed.). Your shameful attitude will be written in the history books<\/strong>.” The socialist leader, Iratxe Garcia Perez<\/strong>, said that “Orb\u00e1n does not embody peace, but impunity.” Valerie Hayer<\/strong>, leader of the Renew liberals, pointed the finger at those “in this Chamber who are deliberately playing into Putin’s hands.” She named names: “Whether it’s the German AfD, Fico’s Smer party or the Rassemblement National, you are not patriots at all;<\/strong> you are not trying to defend Europe in any way.” <\/p>\n

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Speech by European Parliament President Roberta Metsola at the extraordinary plenary session marking the fourth anniversary of the invasion of Ukraine [Ph: European Parliament]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Even harsher was the co-leader of the Greens, Terry Reintke<\/strong>, who accused Orb\u00e1n of “acting like a coward” and becoming “Putin’s slave.” The Hungarian prime minister “has not only betrayed Ukraine; he has betrayed us all, he has betrayed Europe<\/strong>,” Reintke said. Even Nicola Procaccini<\/strong>, leader of the European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) group, which often acts as a bridge between the far right and the European People’s Party in the European Parliament, attacked the sovereignists: “I take issue with those who say they are on the right<\/strong> and are not impressed by the sacrifice of a people who are showing the whole world what love for one’s country really means,” he said, adding that history “will pay tribute to Ukrainian patriots” and “will look with contempt on those who today are turning their backs on Ukraine, on freedom, on the sense of honour.” <\/p>\n

When Jordan Bardella<\/strong>, leader of the Patriots for Europe group founded by Orb\u00e1n himself, took the floor, the chamber began to murmur. In a speech that was decidedly more cautious than usual, Marine Le Pen’s prot\u00e9g\u00e9 paid tribute to Ukraine, which “opposed Putin with the awareness of being a free nation.” After admitting that “Ukraine must resist and negotiate from a position of strength” and that “Europe must contribute with logistical and humanitarian support,” Bardella stated, amid murmurs from the Parliament, that “our duty is twofold: to support Ukraine without weakening our own nations.<\/strong>” <\/p>\n

After the debate, the European Parliament voted on yet another resolution condemning the Russian invasion. The resolution, which “recommends accelerating Ukraine’s integration into the single market” and “calls on the EU and its Member States to take greater responsibility for European security and to increase military, political, and diplomatic support for Ukraine,” was approved by 437 votes to 82, with 70 abstentions<\/strong>. Among those against and abstaining were almost all non-attached members, the far right of Europe of Sovereign Nations, Patriots for Europe, and the radical left of The Left.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Crossfire against Patriots and Sovereignists during the session commemorating the fourth anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, overshadowed by Hungary’s veto on support for Kyiv. Zelensky via video link: “Anyone who supports Putin chooses war.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7527,"featured_media":445882,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"format":"standard","override":[{"template":"1","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"top","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_category":"1","show_post_reading_time":"0","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","post_calculate_word_method":"str_word_count","show_zoom_button":"0","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"1","show_prev_next_post":"1","show_popup_post":"1","show_comment_section":"1","number_popup_post":"1","show_author_box":"0","show_post_related":"1","show_inline_post_related":"0"}],"image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-500","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","disable_ad":"0","subtitle":""},"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_override_counter":{"view_counter_number":"0","share_counter_number":"0","like_counter_number":"0","dislike_counter_number":"0"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[25681],"tags":[26042,25755,30781,30669],"class_list":["post-445908","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","tag-news-parliament-en","tag-ukraine-in-2","tag-viktor-orban-en-2"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/445908","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7527"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=445908"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/445908\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":445909,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/445908\/revisions\/445909"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/445882"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=445908"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=445908"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=445908"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}