Poland has responded to the proposal by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán to hold a referendum in Hungary on Ukraine's membership in the European Union, informs Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski on X.

Hungary remains steadfast for peace, the prime minister said following the EU summit. Viktor Orban announced that he would block the Ukraine aid package, a move which could save all of Europe by preventing the continuation of the war. And for this, the entire EU is furious.

His position has given the former Warsaw Pact nation — which has a population only slightly larger than New Jersey — an outsized role in European diplomacy.

As a result, Orban could not be blackmailed, and he remained firm in his pro-peace stance at the EU summit, using his veto. Hungary did not support the EU sending more money and weapons to the war, which is why the other 26 member states could only adopt the proposal as a statement rather than a binding resolution.

French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday welcomed Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban for talks at the Elysee Palace.