Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has called for a new EU strategy on Ukraine after Donald Trump's victory in the presidential election in the USA, DPA reported, BTA reported.
As Trump may cut off US aid to Kiev in its defense against Russia, the question arises whether Europe will be able to shoulder the financial and military support for Ukraine on its own, Orban said at a summit of the Organization of Turkic States in the Kyrgyz capital Bishkek. . "There are serious doubts about this, that is why a new European strategy is needed," Orban said, as quoted by the Hungarian MTI telegraph agency.
An informal EU summit will be held in the Hungarian capital, Budapest, on Friday. The outcome of the US election and its implications are likely to be among the dominant topics. Hungary currently holds the rotating EU presidency for a period of 6 months. In a video on "Facebook" Orban described Trump's election victory as "brilliant". He stated that she would "bring hope for peace to the world". Orban maintains good relations with Trump, as well as with Russian President Vladimir Putin, DPA notes.
The victory of Donald Trump in the presidential elections in the USA is a defeat for liberal and progressive ideas, said the Prime Minister of Slovakia Robert Fico, commenting on the results of the vote in the USA today, Slovak news agency TASR reported, quoted by BTA.
At the same time, Fico criticized the media for the way they covered the election campaign. According to him, the result is the complete opposite of the image that the media has tried to create for Trump. Saying that he respects the decision of the American electorate, the Slovak prime minister notes that it raises questions about international relations and about the cooperation of the United States with the European Union.
„I think that in the EU we will sweat because we cannot be as bold as the administration of the next American president,” Fizzo said, stressing that he also expects Trump's decisions regarding the conflict in Ukraine. “I am basing my expectations on the fact that Donald Trump himself has announced that he will be very active on the matter,”, Fizzo said. Speaking on behalf of the Slovak government, the prime minister expressed his readiness to cooperate with the next American administration “according to the opportunities presented to him”.