"Broad daylight robbery": MEPs demand von der Leyen punish Hungary over Ukraine

Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha has said that 35 Members of the European Parliament have called on European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to impose consequences for Hungary over the seizure of Ukrainian cash-in-transit guards and the confiscation of Oschadbank funds.

Source: Sybiha on X (Twitter), as reported by European Pravda

Details: The minister thanked the MEPs for expressing a "clear stance on Hungary's banditism". "Such a strong statement reflects a principled European position in defense of the rule of law and our shared values," Sybiha commented.

In a letter to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, the MEPs expressed "deep concern regarding the intolerable, illegal, and provocative actions of the Hungarian government".

"We view this outrageous and hostile act against Ukraine – currently resisting Russian aggression while defending European values and freedoms and striving to meet the criteria for EU membership – as a violation of good neighbourly relations. Such actions cast a negative shadow over the entire European Union, as they fail to comply with EU customs procedures and international transport regulations," the letter says.

The MEPs stressed that the behaviour of the Hungarian government and the Fidesz party, which has submitted a bill on retroactively legalising the confiscation of Ukrainian assets, "can only be described as a daylight robbery".

The deputies expect Ursula von der Leyen to take active measures to return Oschadbank's money and gold.

"We also expect the European Commission, under your leadership, to conduct a thorough assessment of the Hungarian government's actions, which represent a further degradation of the rule of law and an escalation of lawlessness in Hungary. These actions must have clear and just consequences," the MEPs wrote.

Background:

• President Volodymyr Zelenskyy previously called Hungary's actions regarding Oschadbank cash-in-transit guards and funds banditry.
• The Ukraine's National Bank says that Hungary has begun international blackmail of Ukraine.

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