The European Commission has found that Hungary has not made sufficient progress in terms of reforms. communication Sent by the European Commission on Wednesday. An EC proposal must be approved by a qualified majority of EU countries, i.e. at least 15 of the 27 member states, representing at least 65% of the total EU population. Voting will be held on December 19.
“Today, the Commission gave Hungary an assessment under the conditionality procedure. Despite the measures taken, the Commission notes that there is still a risk to the EU budget, and the remedial measures still to be carried out are of a structural and horizontal nature. Although many reforms have been carried out or are underway, the general conditionality by 19 November as promised “Hungary has failed to adequately implement key aspects of the 17 necessary reform measures agreed under the mechanism. These refer, in particular, to the effectiveness of the newly established integrity authority and the judicial review process of criminal case judgments,” the commission’s report said.
“The Commission concluded that conditions exist for the application of the regulation and that further essential measures are needed to remove the remaining risks to the EU budget in Hungary. Therefore, the Commission decided on September 18 to maintain its original proposal to suspend 65% of liabilities for three operational projects worth EUR 7.5 billion. “The Commission maintains its plan not to conclude any legal commitment with public welfare funds”, the European Commission also sends.
The European Council now has until December 19 to vote on the matter, requiring a qualified majority for the financial freeze to take effect.
“The Commission decided today to approve Hungary’s Recovery and Resilience Plan, subject to the full and effective implementation of the necessary measures, after ensuring that essential measures on judicial independence and safeguarding the EU budget are included. Indeed, in the Recovery and Resilience Plan, and the EU budget Hungary has committed to 17 remedial measures, along with other legal reforms related to judicial independence, aimed at addressing at-risk violations. A clearly defined set of 27 “supersteps”. The European Commission said payments under the RRF cannot be made until Hungary fully and properly implements these 27 “supersteps”. refers to
The European Commission has long criticized widespread corruption in Hungary.
In a July report, Brussels spoke of “an environment in which the risks of clientelism, favoritism and nepotism at the highest levels of public administration have not been eliminated”.
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