EU leaders fail to sway Hungary's Orban on €90 billion Ukraine loan

EU leaders on Thursday failed to convince Prime Minister Viktor Orban to lift his blockade on a vital €90 billion loan for Ukraine. The Hungarian leader is blocking the measure over damage to a pipeline running through Ukraine that supplies Hungary and Slovakia with Russian oil, part of an effort to bolster his anti-EU image ahead of national elections next month.

EU leaders fail to sway Hungary's Orban on €90 billion Ukraine loan
EU leaders on Thursday failed to convince Prime Minister Viktor Orban to lift his blockade on a vital €90 billion loan for Ukraine. The Hungarian leader is blocking the measure over damage to a pipeline running through Ukraine that supplies Hungary and Slovakia with Russian oil, part of an effort to bolster his anti-EU image ahead of national elections next month.