European Union
Poland wants to oppose cuts in funds for Hungary
Because of corruption and other violations of the rule of law in Hungary, the European Commission has proposed cutting payments to the country. photo
© Aleksander Kalka/Zuma Press/dpa
The EU has announced it is considering cutting funding for Hungary. Poland has now spoken out and wants to oppose this step.
Poland wants to resist the EU Commission’s plans to cut EU funds for Hungary. “Poland will do everything in its power to resist any action by the European institutions aimed at illegally depriving a member state of its funds – in this case Hungary in particular,” Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said on Sunday in Kamienica, Silesia. However, there are signals from Budapest and Brussels that a solution to the dispute is being worked on.
Because of corruption and other violations of the rule of law in Hungary, the EU Commission proposed on Sunday to cut payments of around 7.5 billion euros from the EU budget to the country. It is the first time that the EU Commission is proposing this step due to deficiencies in the rule of law in an EU country. In order for the country to actually cut money from the EU budget, at least 15 countries with at least 65 percent of the EU population would have to agree to the proposal.