Fidesz MEP: EC proposal for budget, recovery fund unacceptable for Hungary

The European Commission proposal for the bloc’s 2021-2027 financial framework and for the post-pandemic recovery fund are unacceptable for Hungary, ruling Fidesz MEP Tamás Deutsch said on Thursday in Brussels.

Speaking in the break of the European Parliament’s plenary session, he said the “unfair elements” of the 1,100 billion euro budget and the 750 billion euro recovery fund must be amended.

Deutsch called it a success that the EP’s largest party family, the European People’s Party (EPP), has submitted amendment proposals containing issues in Hungary’s interest as basic priorities of the EPP. In a letter sent to EP head David Sassoli, the EPP called for the funding of cohesion policy to be maintained at 2020 levels in the new budget and for the weight of the common agricultural policy to remain unchanged, Deutsch said.

Regarding the recovery fund aimed to remedy the economic and social damage caused by the coronavirus pandemic, the EPP called for “fair” distribution of funds where countries of similar levels of development and revenues receive roughly the same support.