EU leaders in high-stakes poker with Poland and Hungary

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European Council president Charles Michel chairing the videoconference where leaders spent little over 15 minutes on rule of law (Photo: Council of the European Union)
EU leaders in high-stakes poker with Poland and Hungary
EU Political
by Eszter 
        Zalan, Brussels, 
EU leaders will continue to discuss possible ways out of their financial conundrum, after Hungary and Poland, earlier this week, blocked a key step in unlocking the €1.8 trillion EU budget and coronavirus recovery package. 
On Thursday (19 November), at a videoconference, leaders discussed the issue in little over 15 minutes. 
Hungary's prime minister Viktor Orbán, Poland's premier Mateusz Morawiecki, and Slovenian prime minister Janez Janša took the floor to reaffirm their object...
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EU Political
Author BioEszter Zalan is a Hungarian journalist who worked for Brussels-based news portal EUobserver specialising in European politics, focusing on populism and Brexit.
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Author Bio

Eszter Zalan is a Hungarian journalist who worked for Brussels-based news portal EUobserver specialising in European politics, focusing on populism and Brexit.

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