That would be “an open declaration of war against Hungary,” the Hungarian premier warned Wednesday in a post on X.
Orbán said that POLITICO had “published Brussels’ and Kyiv’s latest war plan, the five-point Zelenskyy plan.”
“They have decided that Ukraine will be admitted to the Union as early as 2027,” he added. “They disregard the decision of the Hungarian people and are determined to remove the Hungarian government by any means necessary.”
Hungarians go to the polls in April for a fiercely contested general election. Orbán, who has been in power for the last two decades, is lagging in the polls and his Fidesz party will face off against an ascendant opposition, which has vowed to root out corruption and restore rule of law.
The Hungarian leader has repeatedly clashed with Zelenskyy and has used Ukraine’s future EU membership on the campaign trail, portraying Kyiv and Brussels as threats to Budapest’s independence.
“This April, at the ballot box, Hungarians must stop them,” he said. “Fidesz is the only force standing between Hungary and Brusselian rule, and the only guarantee of Hungarian sovereignty.”