Negotiations between Hungary and the European Commission (EC) on the adoption of the Hungarian recovery plan are ongoing, the Prime Minister's Office told MTI on Monday.
In their statement, they wrote: the negotiations on the adoption of the Hungarian recovery plan were close to being concluded, but at the same time, after the adoption of the Child Protection Act, the EC "came up with absurd demands".
"Ideologically driven political attacks are obviously slowing down the adoption of the plan developed earlier during professional consultations," they said, emphasizing that this is against the interests of the Hungarian people.
The Prime Minister's Office called it outrageous that the Hungarian left-wing members of the European Parliament are "lobbying in Brussels for the freezing of the negotiations and the scuttling of the Hungarian plan".
They pointed out: they are confident that the plan to support the restart and competitiveness of the Hungarian economy will be evaluated on a professional and not political basis, and the issue remains independent of Brussels' insistence on allowing LGBTQ activists and organizations into kindergartens and schools.
The ministry recalled that even after the submission of the plan on May 11, the Hungarian side had a "constructive dialogue" with the committee.
According to the statement, it is not true that there is any problem with the Hungarian plans. "There is no real reason for any EU organization to reject the Hungarian recovery plan," they added.
"We responded to the committee's suddenly raised new expectations. Hungary has already met all the conditions that the member states must fulfill based on the EU RRF regulation , the Prime Minister's Office stated, referring to the EU Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF).
As reported, the Hungarian plan developed during months of negotiations with the committee properly addresses the country's specific recommendations. "Negotiations between Hungary and the European Commission on the adoption of the Hungarian recovery plan are ongoing, we await the European Commission's decision," they concluded in their statement.
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