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11 July 2020 Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban threatens to veto the EU Recovery Fund plan if it is conditional on respect for the rule of law. This was said on public radio Mr. "If the funding for the rescue of the European economy is ideologically conditioned, it would soon end in a political debate. If political controversies are confused with the economic rescue, there will be no revival of the economy, and not even an EU budget, "he said, adding:" I do not recommend that large EU states attempt to sanction the behavior of others. "

Orban is preparing to have a resolution voted in the Hungarian Parliament next week which obliges the government to grant approval to the European budget only if the Article 7 procedure against Hungary in the Council is stopped, and future funding is not will be conditional on respect for the rule of law. The Democratic Party (DK) accuses Orban of trying to blackmail the EU