Recovery: Poland-Hungary veto blocks EU budget – Europe

BRUSSELS – The ambassadors of Poland and Hungary have vetoed the Council, also blocking the agreement reached on the EU budget 2021-2027. According to the spokesman for the German presidency, Sebastian Fischer, writes on Twitter, “the two member states have expressed their opposition to one element of the package, (conditionality on the rule of law, ed) but not on the substance of the budget agreement “.

“The rule of law is not about any particular country, nor is it about east or west. It is neutral and applies to everyone. If the rule of law is respected, there is nothing to fear. Denying the whole of Europe to finance the crisis in the worst crisis in decades is irresponsible. ” The president of the EPP group in the European Parliament, Manfred Weber, writes on Twitter when he criticizes the veto of the Polish and Hungarian governments to the EU budget at today’s meeting of EU ambassadors. “If Viktor Orban and Jarosław Kaczynski want to stop using these funds for everyone, then they will have to explain this to the millions of workers and entrepreneurs, mayors and students, researchers and farmers who are supported by these funds”, said. Weber pointed out.

“The power of veto is obsolete for the EU and harmful to those who exercise it. Either a united Europe acts as a superpower of rights and values, or individual states will lose in global competition. We support German mediation, in NextGenerationEu and outside the MFP. You can waste your time. ” Write it in a tweet the Minister of European Affairs Enzo Amendola.

“The pole stars of world sovereignty, the governments of Poland and Hungary, blocked the approval of the Recovery Fund in the Council. Once again the European friends of Salvini and Meloni demonstrate their true political nature: they are against Italians and Blocking the green light for the next EU multi-annual budget and the EU’s next generation recovery plan amid the economic and health crisis is irresponsible. Instead of thinking about the common good, Orban and the companies only care about their own garden, but the European Union will not back down in the defense of the rule of law. ” Thus in a note Tiziana Beghin, head of delegation of the 5 Star Movement in the European Parliament. “There is no compromise on European values, European leaders show courage and overcome the vetoes of those who want to trample on the rights of citizens,” the statement concluded.