STORY – The European Commission proposes to suspend the payment of 13 billion euros to Hungary.
From our correspondent in Brussels
No progress on the independence of justice or the fight against corruption, no European money. After months of discussions with the Hungarian government, the Commission has followed through on its threats. The European executive proposed on Wednesday to suspend some 13 billion euros promised in Budapest. And this, as long as the Hungarian government has not carried out the essential reforms demanded by Brussels. “All our assessment is based on facts, on figures and not on emotions, on assumptions”justified the Commissioner in charge of the Budget, Johannes Hahn.
This is a serious setback for the Prime Minister, Viktor Orban, when Budapest thought it could twist the arm of Brussels by multiplying the vetoes on essential files for the EU, in particular the global minimum tax on multinationals or even the macro-financial aid of 18 billion euros promised to Ukraine for 2023 which requires a unanimous vote of…
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