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Hungary's Viktor Orban (second right) with EU Commission president Ursula von der Leyen, and Emmanuel Macron of France, Germany's Olaf Scholz, Italy's Georgia Meloni, and EU Council president Charles Michel, ahead of a EU summit (Photo: European Commission)

Why the EU silence on why Orban's €10bn was unblocked?

On 13 December 2023, the European Commission decided to unblock €10.2bn of EU money earmarked for Hungary, until then frozen due to the non-fulfilment of a funding criteria on judicial independence. Next day, EU leaders agreed to open accession talks with Ukraine after Viktor Orbán dropped his veto by simply walking out of the conference room.

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Szilárd Teczár is a journalist at the Hungarian fact-checking site Lakmusz and a research fellow at the Academy of International Affairs NRW.

Hungary's Viktor Orban (second right) with EU Commission president Ursula von der Leyen, and Emmanuel Macron of France, Germany's Olaf Scholz, Italy's Georgia Meloni, and EU Council president Charles Michel, ahead of a EU summit (Photo: European Commission)

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Szilárd Teczár is a journalist at the Hungarian fact-checking site Lakmusz and a research fellow at the Academy of International Affairs NRW.

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