According to the Hungarian side, in fact, the European Parliament is blackmailing, not Hungary.

Referring to information from MEPs and EU officials, he said today Politicalthat

The Hungarian parliament will not ratify the € 750 billion package deal until it is clear whether it will be tied to the use of the next seven-year budget and the package’s resources and, if so, what the rule of law will be.

According to sources, the possibility of extortion may reach Viktor Orbán because it is an external debt, and since the internal regulations of the EU do not allow it in principle, it will be necessary to approve the parliaments of the member states, which in Hungary is the same to Fidesz-KDNP.

A His popular word However, an anonymous Hungarian MEP spoke on the matter and said that it was not Hungary or any Member State that blackmailed the European Council and the Commission, but the European Parliament.

The Hungarian government has long said that it does not want the resources to be tied to the rule of law, and Viktor Orbán has even passed a parliamentary resolution in which he conditions his own nod to the rescue package. These include, for example, the fact that money cannot be tied to the rule of law criteria, and that the European Union should stop the article 7 rule of law investigation against Hungary.

A Political At the end of August, the details of the use of the rescue package and the budget were discussed with the German presidency in Brussels, in which the German side reported on the Hungarian threat.



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