Twelve countries have already backed the initiative, with repeated obstruction by Viktor Orbán's Hungary increasingly fuelling calls for reform. #EuropeNews
  • Muehe@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    1 month ago

    All other countries could have ignored Hungary and do whatever they wanted since they are souvereign countries. There was no need to act as the EU.

    If you completely ignore the fact that Hungary was blocking the release of EU funds, and those don’t just magically reappear in your national budget if the EU doesn’t use them…

    • plyth@feddit.orgEnglish
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      1 month ago

      those don’t just magically reappear

      They do. If Hungary blocks the EU fund then the money is not spent and the countries can borrow more money because the risk for the lenders doesn’t increase.