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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.
Morning Star editor BEN CHACKO reports from the start of Kunming’s Belt and Road media forum, where 200 journalists from 71 countries celebrated a new openness and optimism, forged by China’s enormous contribution to global development
Morning Star editor BEN CHACKO reports on TUC Congress discussions on how to confront the far right and rebuild the left’s appeal to workers
