Now the Poles can prevent Hungary from getting access to EU funds
Four EU diplomats also confirmed the politico.eu news portal that the Polish prime minister wants to veto the agreement reached three days ago at the summit of the European Union.
Mateusz Morawiecki does not have a problem with Hungary, but with the global minimum tax. However, the EU negotiated this in a package with the Hungarian recovery plan and the 18 billion euro aid intended for Ukraine. However, if a group vetoes one element of the package, all the others will fail as well.
If it is not possible to get the Poles to see better, then Hungary will lose seventy percent of its non-refundable subsidies amounting to 5.8 billion euros (230 billion forints). Because the Hungarian government should agree on this with Brussels this year. On Monday night, it still seemed that the agreement had been reached and the union had accepted the Hungarian recovery plan after the Covid-19 epidemic.
However, at the suggestion of the Czech presidency, its representatives are discussing this in a package with the global minimum tax and the support to be provided to Ukraine. The aim of the Czechs was to force the Hungarian government, which objected to joint borrowing, to compromise. This happened, and Hungary finally agreed to the fact that the European Union provided Ukraine with a joint loan. Moreover, the Hungarian leadership even gave up its opposition to the global minimum tax.
Now, on the other hand, the Poles are protesting against the new type of tax, and with this they can endanger not only Ukraine’s support, but also Hungary’s EU funds.
On the contrary, Tibor Navracsics clarified in the InfoRádió Aréna program that the Polish intervention cannot affect the decision regarding the Hungarians.
Opening image: MTI/EPA/Stephanie Lecocq