Poland and Hungary will block EU budget if democracy conditions are attached to funds, prime ministers say
Poland's Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki speaks during a news conference
POLAND and Hungary will block the European Union’s budget at a summit next week unless it drops conditions attached to funding access, their prime ministers say.
Polish PM Mateusz Morawiecki met Hungary’s Viktor Orban on Monday and the two confirmed a pact by which they will veto the budget — including a €750 billion (£675bn) stimulus package to address economic dislocation caused by the coronavirus pandemic — if it contains any clauses unacceptable to either of them.
The pair object to a clause allowing the EU to withhold funds from countries deemed not to adhere to democratic standards.
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