The executive power of the European Union has decided not to unblock 700 million euros for the restoration of Hungary.
The EU has prepared a new unpleasant surprise for Hungary
Official Budapest is still counting on receiving funds from the EU Recovery and Resilience Fund for 700 million euros.
However, Brussels has said the money will not be released until Viktor Orbán's team resolves long-standing issues of judicial bias and the rule of law.
On November 21, Justice Commissioner Didier Reynders publicly praised the new Hungarian law, which should address Brussels' concerns about the independence of the judiciary, as "an important step in the right direction."
However, this is not the end of the process. Hungary also needs to complete the accompanying implementation steps, he reminded.
According to the Commissioner for the Budget, Johannes Gahn, he notes some valuable changes in Hungary.
The politician also drew attention to the fact that communication with official Budapest is particularly intensive in matters related to preventing risks of conflict of interest in trust boards.
Hungary continues to discredit itself in the European Union
Notably, the discussions in the EU took place after Orbán's Fidesz party submitted to parliament a bill on the "protection of national sovereignty" to protect against what it called improper political interference by foreign individuals or groups.
Moreover, the Hungarian leader organized a large-scale information campaign in his own country against the head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen.
It is clear that Hungary has not made effective or sufficient progress in fulfilling the conditions for the independence of the judiciary. In fact, the Hungarian government seems to be making more efforts to sabotage and disrupt reforms than to implement them, the EPP deputy Jeroen Lenaers commented.
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