The EU late on Monday (12 December) suspended cohesion funds to Hungary, at the same time approving pandemic recovery subsidies to Budapest but with serious rule-of-law conditions attached — in return, managing to unblock Hungary's veto on a global minimum tax and joint EU aid to Ukraine.
In a historic move, EU ambassadors suspended 55 percent of EU cohesion funds to prime minister Viktor Orbán's government because of concerns over the rule of law and corruption — lower than the 65 per...
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Already a member? Login hereEszter Zalan is a Hungarian journalist who worked for Brussels-based news portal EUobserver specialising in European politics, focusing on populism and Brexit.
Eszter Zalan is a Hungarian journalist who worked for Brussels-based news portal EUobserver specialising in European politics, focusing on populism and Brexit.