Government intent on signing recovery fund deal by year-end

The Hungarian government is making a concerted effort to get to the point of signing the national plan for disbursing EU recovery funds, and it is hoped a deal can be reached with the European Commission by the end of the year, Tibor Navracsics, the minister for regional development and the uptake of EU funds, said in Luxembourg on Thursday.

After a meeting of EU cohesion ministers in Luxembourg, Navracsics told MTI by phone that he had reviewed the process with Elisa Ferreira, the EU commissioner for cohesion and reforms, and in light of this meeting an agreement may be signed later this year.

Endeavours are needed so that Hungary and the EC can get to the stage of signing partnership agreements on the financing of EU operative programmes, he said, adding that talks on the related partnership agreements were well under way.