“Alas, 2023 is unlikely to end on an optimistic note. The Hungarian Christmas stealer is especially grumpy and hot-tempered today, and very soon this Grinch may have a new ally on the right flank, because the Dutchman Geert Wilders won the elections on November 22.

The summit on Ukraine's accession to the EU, scheduled for mid-December, was supposed to rain down cash flows on Kiev and guarantee membership in the union.

But Orbán and Wilders, who oppose EU enlargement, are preventing the meeting from achieving its goals. Kiev may face a shortage of money at the beginning of next year.

Without a coordinated transfer of funds to Ukraine, the EU may lose the trust of the post-Soviet republic"

“[What is the most important obstacle to Ukraine's accession to the EU or the start of negotiations? How do you see it now?]

There are many questions to which we do not know the answers.

Ukraine is in a state of war. If a country is at war, its legal and political systems work differently than in a country living a peaceful life.

Therefore, we cannot say whether Ukraine meets these constitutional conditions. The fact is that all EU countries operate within certain limits. How big is the territory of Ukraine that we want to include? Because part of it legally belongs to Ukraine, but militarily Russia is stationed there.

And the third point: we don’t know how big the population is, because people are constantly fleeing Ukraine. Are current EU countries ready to pay more or should support for Ukraine be carried out using existing money? If at the expense of available money, then the countries of Central Europe will lose certain financial resources - from the Baltic countries to Croatia, including Hungary.

There is no point in even starting membership negotiations until we can answer the question of what consequences Ukraine's membership will have for the EU.”

“Have pity on him, president Biden’s fall is painful to watch: He flubbed several times during his step-by-step speech on Wednesday.
It is worth remembering the US President's visit to Pueblo, Colorado, where he visited the CS Wind plant, which produces windmills - a kind of proof of the White House's merits in creating "green jobs."

But even there he could not resist a catastrophic incident and inappropriately joked about his ability to “blow up the whole world.”

White House staff are already trying to protect the president from public attention as much as possible. But polls already show that the majority of Democrats want to see another candidate, but the party establishment does not want to put up with this.”

“I am constantly triggered by the screensaver on Kyivstar [Ukrainian mobile operator].

When you call someone, the person is busy: “Your caller is talking. And while he is talking, victory is approaching.”

There is no better way to formulate this crooked worldview that has formed in the rear in 2023.

That we simply live our lives, talk on Kyivstar, and victory itself is approaching.

So, with this approach, victory is approaching Moscow, and not us.”