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Poland backs Hungary over frozen 'rule of law' EU funds
By EUobserver
The EU should not be freezing money for Hungary due to Budapest's abuse of rule of law because it needs those funds to diversify away from Russian oil, Polish president Andrzej Duda has said. "It will be hard for the Hungarians to diversify if European recovery funds remain blocked," Duda said in Warsaw alongside Hungarian president Katalin Novák, after Hungary blocked an EU oil embargo on Russia citing economic costs.