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The Hungarian government will not vote on the EU budget until Budapest receives its frozen EU funds, Prime Minister Viktor Orb\u00e1n said in a speech at the B\u00e1lv\u00e1nyos Free University on Saturday.<\/p>\n
According to Orban, the adoption of the EU’s record-breaking budget requires unanimity. “And until we get our backlog of money, there will be no new European budget. We will bring it home, and we will not make any concessions on our sovereignty,” he said. <\/p>\n
Approximately \u20ac9.5 billion in COVID-19 recovery funding and \u20ac8.4 billion in cohesion funds make up the frozen funds by Brussels over persisting concerns about Hungary’s democratic backsliding. <\/p>\n
Brussels and Budapest over the years have been at loggerheads on a range of issues, most recently that of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, but the situation has been made worse by the financial issue. <\/p>\n
Orb\u00e1n accuses the European Commission of “financial blackmail” and meddling in domestic matters due to its reasons for freezing the funds.<\/p>\n
Hungary previously unblocked about \u20ac10.2 billion of the frozen funds following the adoption of legislation aimed at reducing political meddling in its courts and strengthening judicial independence. However, a complaint was filed by the European Parliament against the EU Commission for its controversial decision to release the \u20ac10.2 billion ahead of a crucial summit. <\/p>\n
Some \u20ac18 billion remains frozen, with no signs or indication of progress, but in front of the large audience, Orban vowed to get the EU funds.<\/p>\n
Orban claims Trump helped avoid World War III<\/p>\n
The Commission’s landmark \u20ac2 trillion long-term budget for 2028\u20132034 emphasises defence and economic competitiveness. For it to pass, it requires unanimous agreement among member states and must also be backed by Parliament, by a majority of its component members.<\/p>\n
In his speech in Tusv\u00e1nyos on Saturday, Viktor Orb\u00e1n said that the election of US President Donald Trump has helped the world to avoid a third world war for the time being, but the chances of its outbreak are still increasing.<\/p>\n
Orb\u00e1n gave a speech with a sinister tone, touching on a variety of topics that included the war in Ukraine and the Fidesz party.<\/p>\n
The Hungarian PM blasted the EU for backing Ukraine and accused the EU leaders of dangerously waging a trade war with the Trump administration that Europe “cannot win.”<\/p>\n
While some of his claims were typically outlandish, Orban received applause from the audience, with one attendee saying, “We got a very clear, very understandable vision from the Prime Minister. And we are not in an easy situation.” <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ADVERTISEMENT The Hungarian government will not vote on the EU budget until Budapest receives its frozen EU funds,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":294077,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5174],"tags":[109229,2000,299,5187,2190,1781],"class_list":{"0":"post-294076","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-eu","8":"tag-budget-europeen","9":"tag-eu","10":"tag-europe","11":"tag-european","12":"tag-hungary","13":"tag-viktor-orban"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114921249729087094","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/294076","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=294076"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/294076\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/294077"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=294076"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=294076"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=294076"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}