Hungary’s minister in change of negotiations, Tibor Navracsics, insisted the Budapest government 'has no intention of failing to fulfil the commitments it made' to the EU Commission (Photo: European Parliament)

'Cosmetic changes' not enough on EU funds, Hungary warned

Rule of Law

by Eszter Zalan, Brussels,

The Hungarian government will submit the first of its new anti-corruption bills to parliament later on Monday night (19 September), as prime minister Viktor Orbán's cabinet tries to avoid the freezing of billions of euros in EU subsidies.

The EU Commission on Sunday proposed to suspend 65 percent of EU funds (worth €7.5bn) under cohesion programmes to Hungary because of its concerns over corruption and rule of law.

That deci...

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Rule of Law

Author Bio

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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