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EU Commission vice-president Valdis Dombrovskis and Czech finance minister Zbyněk Stanjura after the meeting (Photo: Council of the European Union)

EU delays Hungary funds decision, as Budapest vetoes Ukraine aid

The standoff between the EU and Hungary escalated on Tuesday (6 December) over the approximately €14bn in EU funding to Budapest, as prime minister Viktor Orbán's government vetoed the bloc's joint financial aid to Ukraine.

Economy ministers meeting in Brussels also postponed a decision on the bloc's adoption of the global minimum corporate tax which Hungary has also threatened to block.

Hungarian finance minister Mihaly Varga ...

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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.

EU Commission vice-president Valdis Dombrovskis and Czech finance minister Zbyněk Stanjura after the meeting (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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