The European Commission (EC) will release $10 billion for Hungary, which has been frozen until the country implements reforms. The newspaper reports this Guard Quoted from anonymous sources.
The frozen funds are expected to be released on December 12 and will account for about a third of Hungary’s total suspended funds.
The EC states that this step is not related to the Hungarian Prime Minister’s statements about blocking negotiations on Ukraine’s accession to the European Union.
Reuters at the end of November reportedHungary may receive some of the money that the European Union previously froze for Budapest, due to concerns that the rule of law principles in the republic were violated, after it unblocks it.
Before that, Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Economic Relations Peter Szijjártó statedIt was stated that the country refused to support the EU’s proposal to include measures that would endanger the energy security of European countries in the 12th sanctions package against Russia. He emphasized that Hungary would not accept sanctions against the nuclear industry because this would threaten the security of its energy supply.
Previously heads of the Russian and Hungarian Foreign Ministries discussed The situation in Ukraine.