Hungary and Poland block Corona economic aid - Von der Leyen with a call to stubborn EU countries

After tough negotiations, a compromise was found on the EU budget, which also affects the planned Corona aid in Europe.

However: two countries are rebellious.

What now?

• The

  EU Parliament

  and the member states have agreed on a budget.

• Previously, the

  compromise was

  struggled

  for weeks

  .

  But: The agreement is blocked by two countries.

• The EU calls for an end to the budget blockade in

  Poland

  and

  Hungary

  .

  Ursula von der Leyen

  speaks up.

Update from November 25, 11.55 a.m.:

Ursula von der Leyen has asked Poland and Hungary to abandon the blockade of the multi-billion

and the

.

In case of doubt, the countries should rather go to the European Court of Justice and have the rule of law mechanism criticized by them put through its paces, said the EU Commission President in the European Parliament.

That is the place where one usually resolves differences of opinion about legal texts.

Last week, Hungary and Poland vetoed a new procedure to punish violations of the rule of law, in protest against the decision-making process for the EU financial package from continuing as planned.

In addition to the planned

aid of up to 750 billion euros, the long-term EU budget is also

affected

.

Corona aid: Hungary & Poland threaten to crush EU budget - resolution of the blockade required

Update from November 18, 1.30 p.m.:

After

and

vetoed

the

, the EU Commission is urgently calling for a solution so that the planned EU funds and

can flow on time in

.

"We need a quick agreement on all elements of the EUR 1.8 trillion EU package for economic recovery in order to be able to support the real economy," warned Vice President

on Wednesday in Brussels.

It is now important

to overcome

the

.

However

, Dombrovskis did not offer

a

.

The dispute, which plunged the EU into a deep crisis, is to be the subject of a switching conference of the

on Thursday

.

EU budget agreed after tough negotiations: Hungary and Poland block the compromise

Update from November 12, 9:58 a.m.:

The dispute between the EU member states about the

has not been resolved.

One country is particularly

bothered

by the suspicion of violations of the

: According to information from the

,

on Wednesday evening at a meeting of the permanent representatives of the member states that

it would not agree to the

for the next seven years

that had just been agreed with the European Parliament

can.

Hungary puts forward the reason for the

additionally planned, so-called

to protect the EU budget, which violates the agreements made by the heads of state and government in July.

This regulation is intended to make it possible to cut EU funds on a large scale if the rule of law in a member state is endangered and the

threatened or already taking place.

Specifically, this could be the case, for example, if the lack of

in a recipient country enables or even clearly encourages the abuse of EU funds.

In order to adopt the conditionality regulation, a

required, i.e.

15 EU states that together make up at least 65 percent of the total population of the Union.

Should Hungary actually make the announcement come true, the planned European

of up to 750 billion euros could not be launched as planned.

In

this case, a country's

is enough to stop the implementation of the financial package.

This in turn could apply to countries like

have serious economic consequences.

The governments in

and

in

particular have

recently been repeatedly accused of

expanding

their influence on the

.

All attempts to persuade them to change course by political means have so far been unsuccessful.

The criticism is categorically rejected from Warsaw and Budapest.

It

is still unclear

how Poland will feel about the coordinated

.

According to

information, an exam is still going on in the country.

EU budget: dispute between EU member states could endanger corona aid

First report on November 10, 4:28 p.m .:

Brussels - There

was recently a dispute between the

and the

about the

.

However, this is elementary for the planned

that is being

prepared

during the

.

The agreement now ends weeks of negotiations and is designed for a period of seven years.

Finance Minister

(SPD *) described the compromise as an “important breakthrough”.

“The result is impressive,” he said on Tuesday in Berlin.

Now the Council and Parliament would have to show their colors and take responsibility.

“Anyone who wants Europe to emerge stronger from the crisis must support this agreement,” emphasized the Vice Chancellor.

The

and the member states reached a compromise on the

on Tuesday

.

As a spokesman for the German EU Council Presidency announced on Tuesday, "targeted strengthening" of EU programs were decided in the negotiations, including in the following areas:

• research

• health

• youth

• education

Compromise on the EU budget: prerequisite for Corona aid - Scholz emphasizes, time is of the essence

At the same time, however, the decision of the EU heads of state and government, who agreed in July on a multi-year budget of 1,074 billion euros, will be respected.

According to the conservative

and the Liberals, the negotiators in Parliament were able to negotiate a total of 16 billion euros more.

However, this does not lead to an increase in the budget ceiling, as additional income and budget margins that have not been planned so far are to be used.

Around 12.5 billion euros should be so-called fresh money.

The

accepts this

.

Most of this is income from EU competition fines.

So far these have flowed back to the member states.

The fact that the EU budget has now been agreed is a prerequisite for the preparations for the planned

amounting to 750 billion euros, which will be provided in addition to the almost 1.1 trillion euros of the multiannual financial framework until 2027.

"Time is of the essence, the money is urgently needed in many countries," said

.

"We now have to act quickly so that we can

counter

the effects of the

with all

our

might at the EU level."

‼ ️ # Breaking: A #deal for Europe - Council & EP negotiators reach political agreement on the #EUbudget & recovery package.

Main elements: Targeted reinforcement of 🇪🇺 programs while respecting #EUCO conclusions.

Now: @ Europarl_EN + @ EUCouncil need to give final approval.

#WhiteSmoke pic.twitter.com/gDQQII30oj

- Sebastian Fischer (@SFischer_EU) November 10, 2020

EU budget: EU multi-annual budget worth billions - response from Hungary and Poland

It is now eagerly awaited whether all

the necessary approval to the so-called own funds decision.

This formally regulates where the money should come from.

The resolution and ratification are necessary so that the budget and the

actually be financed.

Hungary

and

had recently threatened to block important EU decisions on the long-term Community budget, should a new procedure to punish certain violations of the rule of law be introduced within the

.

To

this end, negotiators negotiated a compromise last week that was

rejected

in

and

.

For the first time in the history of the EU - Hungary and Poland criticized for influence of politics on courts

The new mechanism envisages that for the first time in the history of the European Union,

could be cut

on a large scale because of

violations of the rule of law.

Specifically, this should be the case, for example, if the courts in the recipient country cannot act completely independently for possible reviews of the allocation of funds.

How the conflict with

and

could be resolved is open.

In both countries

, the

responsible

for compliance with

EU law

has long

criticized that

politics has too great an influence on courts.

For example, in Hungary there have already been the first arrests based on a new questionable law.

Criticism of these points is,

however, categorically rejected

by the governments in

and

.

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