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Germany's EU minister Michael Roth said: "This not the time for vetoes, but for acting swiftly and in the spirit of solidarity" (Photo: Council of the European Union)

EU ministers urge Poland and Hungary to unblock budget

EU affairs ministers urged Hungary and Poland on Tuesday (17 November) to lift their blockade on the EU's €1.8 trillion long-term budget and coronavirus recovery fund.

"This is no time for power games, we cannot have a political crisis on top of all this, this is the time to show EU unity," Portugal's EU affairs minister Ana Paula Zacarias said, echoing the message of 24 other ministers, who also called for Hungary and Poland to agree to the package.

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

Germany's EU minister Michael Roth said: "This not the time for vetoes, but for acting swiftly and in the spirit of solidarity" (Photo: Council of the European Union)

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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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