The European Commission and Hungary are close to reaching an agreement on the release of €13 million in EU cohesion policy funds, a European source confirmed on Friday 28 April.
These funds are part of an envelope of €21.5 billion in EU cohesion funding currently frozen by the Commission due to concerns about the independence of judges and the country’s failure to comply with the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights (LGBTQ rights, academic freedom and asylum).
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