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Prague mayor Zdeněk Hřib (l), Budapest mayor Gergely Karácsony and Warsaw mayor Rafał Trzaskowski (r) in Brussels in February (Photo: Eszter Zalan)

Warsaw and Budapest seek EU funds despite national veto

The mayors of Budapest and Warsaw argued for continued access to EU funds in a letter on Monday (7 December) describing their own Polish and Hungarian governments' blockade on the EU budget and Covid-19 recovery package as "irresponsible".

In a letter to EU Commission president Ursula von der Leyen, seen by EUobserver, a total of 249 mayors of Polish and Hungarian municipalities asked for ways to access the €750bn coronavirus recovery fund - even if Poland and Hungary end up left out d...

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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.

Prague mayor Zdeněk Hřib (l), Budapest mayor Gergely Karácsony and Warsaw mayor Rafał Trzaskowski (r) in Brussels in February (Photo: Eszter Zalan)

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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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