Of the spate of Politico articles about Hungary & Peter Magyar in the past couple of days, I found this one the most interesting:
>For Brussels, the key political objective is for Hungary to end its veto on a vital €90 billion EU loan to Kyiv and to back a new package of EU sanctions on Russia. The European Commission also wants Hungary to drop its resistance to the launch of formal accession talks with Ukraine.
>Luckily for both sides, everyone seems willing to move, and quickly. For Magyar time is short, as he will lose a major tranche of EU funds if he doesn’t implement the necessary rule-of-law reforms by August.
>He will meet with Prime Minister Donald Tusk, who “will be ready to help him and to explain all the details” and “share experiences,” said the head of Tusk’s Civic Coalition party in the European Parliament, Andrzej Halicki.
>After Tusk won Poland’s election in 2023, the European Commission in February 2024 unfroze more than €100 billion that had been held back over rule-of-law concerns after Tusk submitted a judicial reform plan and took initial steps to rebuild trust.
>In the Polish case, however, hard-right President Karol Nawrocki ultimately blocked the reforms promised by Tusk, leading to complaints that Warsaw had won its funding by merely promising change.
>Its bitter experience in Warsaw has made the Commission wary of disbursing funds before it can be sure the reforms are in place, and makes it unlikely Magyar will win early payments.
>The supermajority means he should be able to work quickly.
>“He can do everything, you know, there’s no excuse … he knows exactly what has to be done, the Commission has of course its criteria, and I think he should present a plan: This is how I’m going to do it and within which timeframe” the European Parliament’s lead lawmaker supervising the rule of law in Hungary, Dutch Green Tineke Strik, told POLITICO.
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Now we are admitting that they freezing of the funds is directly linked to the ukraine package? I thought it was about rule of law?
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One small thing I’d watch for is whether they publish a detailed, time-bound reform roadmap like Tusk did. Are Hungarians actually hearing specifics, or just grand “reset” rhetoric so far?
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Of the spate of Politico articles about Hungary & Peter Magyar in the past couple of days, I found this one the most interesting:
>For Brussels, the key political objective is for Hungary to end its veto on a vital €90 billion EU loan to Kyiv and to back a new package of EU sanctions on Russia. The European Commission also wants Hungary to drop its resistance to the launch of formal accession talks with Ukraine.
>Luckily for both sides, everyone seems willing to move, and quickly. For Magyar time is short, as he will lose a major tranche of EU funds if he doesn’t implement the necessary rule-of-law reforms by August.
>He will meet with Prime Minister Donald Tusk, who “will be ready to help him and to explain all the details” and “share experiences,” said the head of Tusk’s Civic Coalition party in the European Parliament, Andrzej Halicki.
>After Tusk won Poland’s election in 2023, the European Commission in February 2024 unfroze more than €100 billion that had been held back over rule-of-law concerns after Tusk submitted a judicial reform plan and took initial steps to rebuild trust.
>In the Polish case, however, hard-right President Karol Nawrocki ultimately blocked the reforms promised by Tusk, leading to complaints that Warsaw had won its funding by merely promising change.
>Its bitter experience in Warsaw has made the Commission wary of disbursing funds before it can be sure the reforms are in place, and makes it unlikely Magyar will win early payments.
>The supermajority means he should be able to work quickly.
>“He can do everything, you know, there’s no excuse … he knows exactly what has to be done, the Commission has of course its criteria, and I think he should present a plan: This is how I’m going to do it and within which timeframe” the European Parliament’s lead lawmaker supervising the rule of law in Hungary, Dutch Green Tineke Strik, told POLITICO.
Now we are admitting that they freezing of the funds is directly linked to the ukraine package? I thought it was about rule of law?
One small thing I’d watch for is whether they publish a detailed, time-bound reform roadmap like Tusk did. Are Hungarians actually hearing specifics, or just grand “reset” rhetoric so far?