EU may suspend €7.5bn in funding from Hungary amid corruption fears
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European Commission proposes withholding funds as it awaits gamechanger' reforms from Orban government
The EU's executive arm on Sunday proposed suspending 7.5bn in financing for Hungary, as it awaited potential gamechanger" anti-corruption reforms from Budapest.
The EU and Hungary have been at loggerheads for months, with Brussels suspecting the government led by the nationalist prime minister Viktor Orban of undercutting the rule of law and using EU money to enrich its cronies.
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