Finance ministers must decide on billion • Table.Briefings

In the dispute over the rule of law, the EU Commission recommends freezing more than €13 billion. Now the ball is in the Ecofin Council’s court. However, not everyone there is in a hurry. At stake is the Union’s credibility, but also its ability to act.

The dispute with Hungary over the rule of law is widening. Having already frozen €7.5 billion from the EU budget in September, the EU Commission now also wants to put the disbursement of €5.8 billion from the European reconstruction fund on hold. Hungary has not or only partially implemented the agreed „milestones“ to fight corruption and protect the rule of law, Budget Commissioner Johannes Hahn said Wednesday in Brussels.

Finance ministers must decide on billion-euro freeze for Hungary

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