European recovery plan: "The position of Hungary and Poland is contradictory"
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Flags of the European Union in front of the Commission on August 21, 2020 in Brussels.
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By: Jean-Baptiste Marot Follow
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Hungary and Poland found themselves this Thursday under pressure from Europeans, exasperated by their stubbornness to block their post-Covid recovery plan, a few hours from a videoconference summit at twenty-seven.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban could play for time because he knows that the countries of the South urgently need the recovery plan.
A dangerous game since Warsaw and Budapest, the main net beneficiaries of European funds, also have a lot to lose.
The analysis by Jérôme Creel, director of the studies department of the French Observatory of Economic Conjunctures (OFCE-Sciences Po) and associate professor of economics at ESCP.
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