Prime Minister Viktor Orbán of Hungary

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November 16, 2020

Hungary and Poland exercised their veto rights, blocking the adoption of the EU budget and the massive recovery plan to tackle the health crisis.

This is what European sources report, underlining that Budapest and Warsaw have vetoed to oppose the agreement reached by the German presidency and the European Parliament on the link between the granting of EU funds and respect for the rule of law (independence of the judiciary, respect for fundamental rights) .

Meanwhile, in a Twitter post by Sebastian Fischer, spokesman for the German presidency, he wrote that "the ambassadors were unable to reach the unanimity necessary to start the written procedure due to reservations expressed by two member states" and that "two Member countries have expressed reservations on one element of the package, but not on the substance of the budget agreement ".

Weber: Hungary-Poland veto is irresponsible


"The rule of law does not concern a particular country, nor does it concern the east or the west. It is neutral and applies to everyone. If the rule of law is respected, there is no nothing to fear. Denying the whole of Europe funding for the crisis in the worst crisis in decades is irresponsible "writes on Twitter the president of the EPP group in the European Parliament, Manfred Weber, who criticized the veto of the Polish and Hungarian governments.

"If Orban and Kaczynski want to stop using these funds for everyone, then they will have to explain it to the millions of workers and entrepreneurs, the mayors and students, researchers and farmers who count on the support of these funds," he stressed.

Hungary: we consistent; no to constraints on the rule of law


"Hungary vetoed the budget, as Prime Minister Orba'n warned, because we cannot support the plan in its current form, which links the rule of law criteria to budget decisions : it is the opposite of the conclusions of the July Council "explains on Twitter Zoltan Kovacs, spokesman for Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban. "It was not Hungary that changed its position," added the Hungarian. "Our line was clear from the beginning", he added, "before participating in the debate on the multiannual financial framework and the Next Generation EU", ie the recovery plan which includes the Recovery Fund, "Prime Minister Orban said. received a mandate from the Hungarian Parliament on the direction we must take ", he wrote with reference to the request for the absence of conditionality on the rule of law. "The burden of responsibility - concluded the spokesman - falls on those who gave rise to this situation despite the well-articulated position of Hungary".