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Brussels recommends freezing €7.5 billion in EU funds to Hungary over rule of law concerns

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Brussels recommends freezing €7.5 billion in EU funds to Hungary over rule of law concerns

Brussels recommends freezing €7.5 billion in EU funds to Hungary over rule of law concerns

The European Commission believes the reforms undertaken by Budapest so far to ensure EU money is not misused did not go far enough.


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