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The European Commission said on Wednesday that Hungary could start claiming reimbursements on projects worth up to €10.2 billion euros after finding it had fulfilled conditions on the independence of its judiciary.
The European Union had frozen the money over concerns that Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s government were doing too little to uphold the rule of law and combat corruption in the eastern European country.
EU Justice Commissioner Didier Reynders said on Wednesday however that recent judicial reforms are in “full compliance … with the requirements we had agreed on,” adding: “We have received sufficient guarantees to say that independence of the judiciary will be strengthened in Hungary.”
Additional EU funds totaling almost €12 billion and further billions in Covid-19 recovery aid remain blocked.
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