Minister Varga said that while the European Parliament “is putting political pressure on Hungary”, the EC and the member states are seeking a solution within the framework of the rule...
The European Union has not cut any funds from Hungary up to now, and there is no such danger under the European Commission’s Sunday decision.
The government has submitted to MPs its first package of amendments related to the European Union’s conditionality procedure.
The government agrees with the EC that the efficient and transparent utilization of EU funds is a shared interest.
Balázs Hidvéghi said European Union member states, including Hungary and Poland, are in need of all the funds available “in the current challenging situation”.
The government will later this year sign a partnership agreement with the European Union which trigger the release of EU funding for regional development opportunities, said Tibor Navracsics.
The prime minister’s press chief Bertalan Havasi said that a total of 300 million euros in European Union funding will soon be made available to Hungary.
Balázs Hidvéghi said the time has come for the EU to make funding available that Hungary and Poland are entitled to in light of the dangerous situation connected with the war in Ukraine.
PM Orbán said the war in Ukraine poses an unprecedented challenge to the Member States of the European Union.
The foreign minister said on the sidelines of a meeting of EU foreign ministers that even though Hungary and Poland’s aid and assistance to refugees was recognized, EU funds were being withheld from both countries.
Minister Varga noted that Hungary was one of the first countries to submit a recovery plan last May.
Justice Minister Judit Varga said the European Union introducing a rule of law mechanism for the distribution of EU funds is “about blackmail”.
The foreign minister has called on the European Union to scrap the limit on the amount of funding member states can provide in support for investments by companies.