Hungary backed Poland in its conflict over independent decisions and finances, TASS reports.
The EU is unhappy with Warsaw’s decision to back away from court system reforms and press freedoms. What is at stake is nearly 57 billion euro from the recovery fund that the EU is willing to freeze until an understanding is reached.
The recovery fund was created to help revive economies after the pandemic. At the very least, Poland was expecting to receive a first payment of 13% or 7.4 bln euro in the near future. But what also may have added fuel to the fire is the decision by the Polish Constitutional Court prioritizing its country’s laws over EU legislation.
Hungary also did not receive any payments from the recovery fund, and all deadlines passed. The issue at hand is the EU’s insistence on LGBT rights and what Hungary is calling "propaganda," which is why Budapest is expressing its support for Warsaw, the newspaper writes.
