The prime minister informed German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, by letter. Due to the Hungarian and Polish veto, no decisions have yet been made on EU budget issues.

In a letter, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán informed German Chancellor Angela Merkel, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President Charles Michel that the Hungarian government would veto legislation on the seven-year budget of the EU and the recovery fund, MTI said. Bertalan Havasi, the prime minister’s press officer.

“We have just been informed about the latest developments related to the implementation of the MFP / NGEU package (the Multiannual Financial Framework and the ‘New EU Generation’ Recovery Instrument), wrote Viktor Orbán.

In his letter, the Prime Minister confirmed that, in accordance with the principle of “nothing is agreed until everything is agreed”, the Hungarian government will vote against all elements of the MFP / NGEU legislative package, including vetoes that require unanimity. , such as the MFP Regulation and own resources. decision.

Bertalan Havasi recalled that Viktor Orbán had previously stated that he endangered trust between Member States, as well as Hungary’s interests, if the upcoming seven-year budget and the emergency recovery package were subject to conditions that do not specify which one is. the alleged infringement. , and can arbitrarily lead to a policy-based budget sanction using a double standard. Common values, including the rule of law, are essential for Hungary, and their compliance and implementation must be judged by the Hungarian people, who are as capable as any other European nation.

The European Council and the European Parliament agreed two weeks ago that the rule of law could be linked to EU payments and that sanctions could be applied more broadly than originally envisioned by member states. A total of 1.8 billion euros in grants and, to a lesser extent, the launch of a loan are at stake, while Hungary and Poland refuse to make payments subject to the rule of law.

On November 5, Justice Minister Judit Varga and three days later Viktor Orbán announced that the government was willing to veto both the EU budget and the recovery fund, provided that the payment of funds to individual member states was conditional. to this condition. THE Mandiner Orbán argued that the inclusion of the rule of law would jeopardize trust between member states and Hungary’s interests.

The issue came up at a meeting of the ambassadors of EU member states in Brussels on Monday, Justice Minister Judit Varga wrote about the Hungarian veto this morning, and government spokeswoman Zoltán Kovács also confirmed the news to Reuters.

At the afternoon meeting, ambassadors from European Union member states accredited to the EU took a three-vote position on the EU budget and the related rule of law mechanism. Access to EU funds and respect for the rule of law were voted on by a qualified majority. According to the German Presidency, two Member States have expressed reservations on the seven-year budget, not on the budget as a whole, but only on one of its elements (obviously the rule of law mechanism). The so-called written procedure that led to the adoption of the Own Resources Directive could not be started because it did not have the necessary unanimity. All this means that due to the Hungarian and undoubtedly Polish veto, no decisions were made on EU budget issues.



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