Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy wants Europe to find a way around Hungary.
In an interview with POLITICO’s Gordon Repinski, Zelenskyy called on EU leaders to come up with a “Plan B” to secure Ukraine’s long-term funding — and to deal with what he described as the “filth” of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, who is holding onto a 90 billion euro loan he was promised (listen to the full interview. here)
Host Zoya Sheftalovich and policy editor Sarah Wheaton tackle the tensions within the European Union and the options Europe may have if Hungary continues to withhold support for Kyiv, as Orbán has repeatedly confused the EU’s decisions on Ukraine.
Also on the podcast: The European Union is moving to ban AI “nudity” tools after a scandal involving Elon Musk’s Grok chatbot showed how easily AI can produce sex fakes of real people.
More: The politics of Eurovision. Belgian artists and activists are planning an alternative music event during Eurovision week to protest Israel’s participation in the contest.
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