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Hungary and Poland have allowed and do not threaten to veto the budget of the European Union, respectively rescue package to mitigate the economic effects of a coronavirus epidemic He confirmed a To Reuters meis a senior EU official. The two countries agreed to this in negotiations with Germany, which holds the rotating presidency of the EU. The deal now awaits approval from the Netherlands and other “skeptical” member states, a senior Polish official said anonymously.
The deal will end the EU budget lockdown for 2021-2027 and the € 750 billion rescue package. “We agreed beforehand, but there is some pressure … the goal is to do this before the EU summit (Thursday),” the official said.
Polish Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs Jaroslaw Gowin said on Wednesday that an agreement already exists between the three countries and hopes that this agreement will be concluded with the other 24 member states. the politician is one of the biggest Polish opponents to the Polish veto.
(Cover image: Meeting of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán (right) and Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki at the Carmelite Monastery on November 26, 2020. Photo: Zoltán Fischer / MTI)
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