Budapest has a series of demands for the European Union, including the exclusion of Ukraine from membership in the bloc, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban announced on March 15. Orban, widely regarded as the EU's most pro-Russian leader,

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has published a post on social media with a caption "What the Hungarian nation wants from Brussels". Source: Orbán on Facebook, as reported by European Pravda Details: This list is a reformulated list of the so-called 12 points – a summary of the demands of the leaders of the Hungarian Revolution (1848-1849).

On the morning of March 15, Prime Minister Viktor Orban put out his 12 points entitled "The Hungarian Nation's Demands from Brussels", invoking the proclamation of the country's 1848 War of Independence. National sovereignty and strong veto powers for national governments.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban delivered a combative speech on March 15, marking the anniversary of the 1848 revolution against Habsburg rule. Using rhetoric reminiscent of Hungary's darker historical periods,

Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban pledged on Saturday to crack down on politicians and journalists who receive foreign funding and again ruled out EU membership for Ukraine, stepping up his campaign for elections due in a year.

In a conspiracy theory-laden address, which coincided with a national holiday commemorating Hungary’s 1848 revolution against Habsburg rule, Viktor Orbán told a group of several thousand select supporters that Hungary in the coming weeks will uproot media outlets and other organizations that have received funding from abroad,