EU to send money only after a government change?

The European Union’s freezing reconstruction funds for Hungary is “not connected in any way” to the country’s passing anti-paedophilia legislation, Socialist MEP István Újhelyi said on Wednesday.
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Újhelyi quoted Prime Minister Viktor Orbán as saying on Tuesday that the EU had, “in cooperation with the LGBTQ movements, attacked the so-called child-protection law”, adding that Orbán was “lying”.
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Újhelyi insisted that the contested legislation was “nothing but provocation, passed to provide an excuse for disputes with EU institutions and an explanation for their freezing community funding”.
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In recent months, the
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EU has withheld some 320 billion forints (EUR 869m) from Hungary,
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as the European Commission has not approved the country’s reconstruction plan, Újhelyi said, pledging to have those funds released once a new government was set up.Â
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Újhelyi warned that development funds for Hungary in the next EU budgeting cycle were “also in danger” in view of the EU’s possible application of a rule of law mechanism against Hungary in January.
Source: MTI