EU breaks stalemate on €1.8tn seven-year budget and recovery fund
by Daniel Boffey in Brussels from World news | The Guardian on (#5BGB6)
Process unblocked after Hungary and Poland lift objections to link between payments and upholding rule of law
The EU's unprecedented 1.8tn (1.6tn) seven-year budget and coronavirus recovery fund has been unblocked after Hungary and Poland lifted their objections to a link between payments and maintaining the rule of law.
At a summit in Brussels, Hungary's prime minister, Viktor Orban, and his Polish counterpart, Mateusz Morawiecki, backed a compromise tabled by Berlin after months of tensions and destabilising rows.
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