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Posted on April 13, 2026
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Add as preferred source on GoogleGermany sees Hungary’s election defeat of Viktor Orbán and rise of Péter Magyar’s pro‑European Tisza party as a potential green light for rapid disbursal of the stalled €90 billion EU loan to Ukraine.
BERLIN, April 13 (Reuters) - Berlin hopes that the election outcome in Hungary means that a 90-billion-euro ($103 billion) EU loan to help Ukraine can be released "very quickly," a government spokesperson said on Monday.
The vote "means there is hope that aid for Ukraine can be released very quickly," the spokesperson said. "The German government is working towards this - it is therefore looking forward with anticipation to the swift formation of a government in Hungary."
Hungary's veteran nationalist leader Viktor Orban, who lost power to the upstart centre-right Tisza party in Sunday's national election, had blocked the implementation of the loan citing a dispute over a war-damaged pipeline.
(Writing by Friederike HeineEditing by Ludwig Burger)
Hungary, under Viktor Orban, blocked the loan due to a dispute over a war-damaged pipeline.
A 90-billion-euro ($103 billion) EU loan is intended to help Ukraine.
Berlin hopes Hungary's election result will allow the aid to be released quickly.
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