Budapest/Brussels, July 10 -- The European Union has no legal means to bypass Hungary's opposition over accepting Ukraine into the entity, and if it tries to do so by deceiving, Budapest will fight and protest, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said.

The process of Ukraine's integration into the EU has actually reached an impasse, since Budapest has not agreed to open negotiation clusters, he said yesterday. "It is possible that we will be tricked here, of course, we will protest, press charges and fight for our rights, but at the very end of the process, when the decision on membership will have to be made, Hungary will certainly not be bypassed," Orban said in an interview with the Patriota YouTube channel.

The Hungarian PM said...