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PM Orbán 'Lied About EU Funds', Says Hungarian Opposition Party DK

• 26 Mar 2022 7:41 AM
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Opposition Democratic Coalition MEP Klára Dobrev has accused Prime Minister Viktor Orbán of “lying” via a statement issued by his press chief that the EU had started to release funding for Hungary.

Dobrev told an online press briefing on Friday that the government was not receiving “a single cent” of thousands of billions of forints from cohesion funds, operational programmes, or recovery funds and the low-cost loan linked to them.

She said the EU had forwarded money for the purpose of “making life easier for the many millions who have fled Ukraine”. This funding is for taking care of refugees and related health, education and accommodation provision, she added.

Dobrev said Hungary had not received EU money “for months because EU taxpayers are sick of having their money stolen”.

The MEP insisted that the EU funds would be unlocked “as soon as there is a change of government”.

She said a government run by the current opposition would introduce strong anti-corruption measures and Hungary would join the European Public Prosecutor’s Office.


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