Hungary on the European MENU to unblock billions in funds for Viktor Orban!

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Orban told public radio that his government, which is expected to unveil an overhauled 2023 budget next month, would continue to support families and seek to maintain full employment amid a slowdown triggered by the war in neighbouring Ukraine.

If the EU Commission now releases the money to Viktor Orbán, (Chairman) Ursula von der Leyen will be held personally responsible for Hungary turning into a corrupt swamp, says German Moritz Körner from liberal RE.

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Hungary has until Saturday (19 November) to implement the 17 measures requested by the European Commission in September as a precondition for not suspending around €7.5 billion from the EU’s long-term budget in due to corruption and rule of law issues.
“Corrupt Swamp”
The words are harsh.

– Nothing has happened during these two months, says Spanish Eider Gardiazabal from the social democratic party group S&D.

– For twelve years, we have seen (Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor) Orbán promise changes and each time it has gotten worse, says German Daniel Freund from The Greens/EFA.

Decision pending
In terms of money, it is about EU support of the equivalent of 80 billion kroner, which Hungary risks being without. The EU’s other member states in the Council of Ministers are expected to make a decision on the issue within a month.

If the EU Parliament were to rule, it would be a resounding no.

– The facts on the table are that it is clear that the council must freeze or cut funding to Hungary, says Finnish Petri Sarvamaa from the Christian-democratic conservative party group EPP.

During the work on the EU’s long-term budget for the years 2021-2027, the member states agreed to introduce a special rule of law mechanism that will make it possible to stop EU money to member states that do not comply with basic rule of law principles. Formally, the money must be able to be withheld to avoid misuse of EU funds.

Decisions on measures against a country must be taken by the EU’s Council of Ministers if there is support from a qualified majority, i.e. at least two-thirds of the member states.

Poland and Hungary have strongly opposed the mechanism and taken it to the European Court of Justice, which however ruled in February this year that it was adopted correctly, within the framework of the EU’s powers.

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