Hungary marks anniversary of 1956 revolution as European parliament investigates whether it has made progress on democratic standards
European parliament members representing the centre-right European People’s Party, Socialists and Democrats group, centrist Renew Europe group and the Greens will speak today in Brussels about whether they believe Hungary has done enough for the EU to unfreeze billions in funding currently suspended over rule-of-law concerns.
They will be focusing on a 13 billion euro pot of money earmarked for regional development and frozen until Budapest can show it has implemented reforms safeguarding judicial independence.
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