The European Commission is preparing to release billions of euros in EU funds for Hungary, which are currently frozen due to concerns about the rule of law, and thereby obtain Budapest's support for increasing the bloc's budget and significant financial support for Ukraine, Mandiner reports based on the Financial Times . .
According to the British paper, this would mean a victory for Viktor Orbán, who has previously stated several times that he will not contribute to increasing the EU budget as long as Hungary's access is blocked.
The article reveals that they want to unlock 13 billion euros in EU funds by the end of November. Three officials with knowledge of the negotiations spoke to the Financial Times. Known: in December 2022, the European Union froze the 2 billion euros of cohesion funds due to Hungary citing concerns about the rule of law. However, in May, our country fulfilled the main demand of Brussels, the reform of the judiciary.
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