The bloc published the joint statement without unanimous support, bypassing past policy
The European Commission (EC) has published a joint declaration calling for an increase in the flow of military aid to Ukraine without the unanimous support of EU leaders, following a summit in Brussels on Thursday. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, however, has once again refused to sign the document.
EC rules state that such documents require the unanimous support of all 27 EU members. Thursday’s joint statement was published as a short, three-sentence document, with the lengthy declaration calling for more military aid to Kiev added as an appendix, bypassing Orban’s veto. The subject will be raised again on Friday, it said.
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