Finland's Prime Minister Petteri Orpo (NCP) has sharply criticised Hungary after it blocked a 50-billion-euro package of economic aid for Ukraine.
A two-day summit of EU heads of government had previously decided to begin negotiations on EU accession for Ukraine and Moldova. The aid package, however, was postponed to a later date after Hungary said it was not ready to support it.
Orpo said afterwards that he was disappointed with the decision.
"Hungary should think about which camp it is in; whether it wants collective solutions or not," he said on Friday.
The aid package will now be voted on in January, at a special summit of EU leaders. Finland's view is that the package will proceed with or without Hungarian premier Viktor Orbán's support.
"I expect that there will be a solution with the support of 27 or 26 countries," Orpo told journalists in Brussels.
He did not see the issue as a major split.
"I would not say that the union is divided, it's just that one country is in a different camp to the rest," said Orpo.
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The union's budget proposal includes an increase in annual spending of some 21 billion euros by 2027. Support for Ukraine will take up some 17 billion euros of that.
Finland's net contribution to the budget will increase by 85 million euros, with Ukraine receiving some 70 million euros of that.
Finland said it had succeeded in preventing excessive budget increases outside of sums earmarked for Ukraine.
Hungary, meanwhile, had tried to link Ukraine's aid to its own frozen structural funds from the EU budget. Orpo rejected that idea, saying that human rights and judicial independence are key EU principles.
"The rule of law is not up for negotiation," said Orpo. "Solutions will have to be found some other way."
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