Tamás Deutsch, the head of ruling’ Fidesz’s European parliamentary delegation, has said that for the European Commission „pro-war political interests supersede all else” regarding Ukraine. In an interview to public radio, Deutsch insisted that the EC had failed to fulfil even its most basic obligations if it led to bolstering pro-peace efforts, and was even prepared to „look the other way” when it came to „political blackmail”. Brussels’ decisions, Deutsch said, were dictated by „an ideological bias that ignores the law”. He said the EC would take action once Ukraine started taking steps that directly went against the economic, political and security interests of western European countries, adding that such a scenario was „easy to imagine as Ukraine becomes emboldened”.