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Hungary at Risk of Losing 400 Billion Forints Should Orbán "Continue to Play Role of EU's Tantrum Child" - DK

• 30 Oct 2024 7:05 AM

The government has neglected to secure EU funding for Hungary for almost two years by now, Democratic Coalition (DK) MEP Klara Dobrev told an online press briefing on Tuesday, noting she has written to EU budget commissioner Johannes Hahn to ask "what the Orban government" had and hadn't done to make sure Hungarians "receive the money they are entitled to".

Quoting a European Commission report, she said Hungary had failed to fulfill the 27 "milestones" it had previously committed to, "so not a single payment request can be paid out right now".

Hungary, she added, was at risk of losing about 400 billion forints in 64 days' time should Prime Minister Viktor Orban "continue to play the role of the EU's tantrum child".

And if it is unwilling to fulfill the milestones next year, Hungary may be deprived of another 400 billion forints, she said. In 2026, lost funds could amount to 1,000 billion forints as reconstruction money may also be imperilled, Dobrev insisted.

Source: 
MTI - The Hungarian News Agency, founded in 1881.

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