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On Tuesday, Warsaw and Budapest had a deadline to adopt the rule of law mechanism as a condition for the seven-year EU budget and recovery fund.
A high-ranking diplomat said in Brussels that a clear call had been made to the Hungarian and Polish governments to clarify their position on the budget lock and the recovery fund by Tuesday at the latest. If the attitudes of Budapest and Warsaw do not change, the 25 Member States will establish the post-epidemic economic recovery fund of 750 billion euros in another form of cooperation. This, of course, means that these two countries are out of this opportunity. Also, in this case, it is easy to imagine that the issue will not be discussed at the EU summit from Thursday to Friday, given that it does not belong to the 27 member states, writes hvg.hu.
Meanwhile, the Hungarian government does not see any relief on the matter: in addition to Friday’s radio interview with Prime Minister Viktor Orbán that Hungary’s position on the rule of law has not changed, Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó also testified on Monday about this attitude.
In the event of a veto on the EU budget and the recovery fund, the governments of Hungary and Poland have confirmed that they will support each other and will not allow any intention to break their cooperation, Péter Szijjártó said after a meeting of ministers of affairs. EU Foreign Affairs in Brussels on Monday. according to.
Speaking to Hungarian journalists, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade said that both countries had the right to veto. Hungary and Poland believe that further negotiations are needed to reach a position adopted by consensus. They see an opportunity for an agreement, as both countries are committed to the rule of law, he said.
However, other EU leaders also seem determined not to allow the Polish-Hungarian tandem. While Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte had spoken before the EU summit in November that he could imagine a European Union without two reigning member states, the French government’s secretary of state for EU affairs indicated during the weekend. that if Hungary and Poland later vetoed it, Budapest and Warsaw are simply left out of the recovery fund.
“It is not a threat, but a direct consequence of not having a new budget due to the veto,” said Clément Beaune in a weekend interview that Le Monde watched.
Despite the threats, Brussels will not be unexpectedly affected if the Poles and Hungarians do not fight: a precondition for launching next year’s budget is an agreement on the seven-year framework budget, which is still missing. According to the EU treaties, the budget reconciliation period ends on December 7 of each year. Since there is currently no common will of the Member States, the European Commission must now prepare a different type of budget for next year, that is, there is an emergency scenario for next year. The fact that Plan B is not necessary may indicate that Warsaw already indicated last week that they are inclined to compromise, and that Hungary is unlikely to join the EU black lamb alone.
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