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Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who is negotiating with Brussels on the allocation of European funds in his favor, was accused of “blackmailThe European Union, speaking out against financial assistance to Ukraine.
The Hungarian nationalist reminded this Friday that he is rejecting the proposal of the European Commission to provide Ukraine with assistance in the amount of 18 billion euros in 2023 in the form of a loan. whose interest will be member states.
But he expressed readiness to unilaterally advance Ukraine a subsidy in the amount of 170 million euros.
This castlepure political blackmail“, – said European Commissioner for Budget Johannes Hahn in the European Parliament on that day.
This commissioner is responsible for evaluating the anti-corruption reforms announced by Budapest to avoid the threat of freezing 7.5 billion euros of European funds.
Since April, the leaders of Budapest have been the target of a European Union procedure (conditionality mechanism) triggered by problems of corruption and the distribution of public markets in the country.
Johannes Hahn assured that “ridiculous behaviorBudapest “will not affect the assessment”, which should be done by the end of the month.
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