EU has a plan to skirt Poland and Hungary on stimulus fund
Poland and Hungary could lose a combined €180bn from the multiyear budget and relief fund
03 December 2020 - 23:32
Brussels — EU leaders are preparing to get about the threat posed by Poland and Hungary’s block of a multibillion-dollar stimulus fund.
The eastern European nations are virulently opposed to the rule-of-law conditions attached to the aid package and continue to wield their veto. The clock is ticking to the end of the year, when the lack of unanimity will trigger an emergency budget for the bloc...
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