European Commission officials have come to meet incoming prime minister Péter Magyar in Budapest, and the €90 billion loan package that Viktor Orbán vetoed is high on their list.

“The clock is ticking for several topics, whether we’re talking about the Ukraine loan, whether we’re talking about Next Generation EU funds. It is in the interest of Hungary, it is in the interests of the EU, that we make progress as soon as possible,” Commission Spokesperson Paula Pinho said, as quoted by Euronews.

At stake over the billions awaited by Kyiv is the opening of the Druzhba pipeline, which has not been transiting oil to Hungary and Slovakia since January. Magyar is hoping that Orbán will rescind his veto before he leaves office.

“In the next 30 days, the Orbán government is still operating as an executive government. So I think, if Druzhba restarts, Viktor Orbán will release his technical veto,” Magyar told Hungary’s public broadcaster on Wednesday.

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has indicated that he will not block the loan money, despite previous claims that if Orbán lost power, that he would take over the rule of vetoing the money.

EU High Representative Kaja Kallas posted yesterday on X about the need to get Kyiv aid. “On the EU side, it is high time to unblock the €90-billion loan and move forward with the 20th sanctions package. The Foreign Affairs Council will take this up next week,” she wrote.

After a night of aggressive Russian attacks on Tuesday, involving some 700 drones and 19 ballistic missiles, Zelensky posted: “There can be no normalization of Russia as it is today. Pressure on Russia must work. And it is important to fulfill every promise of assistance to Ukraine on time.”