I really wish Hungary can get back on track. I wish them all the best.
Yeah, here’s hoping! The stronger our foundation, the better for all of us
The proof is in the pudding as they say. But there are good first steps. Hungary is finally going to join the EPPO (the European Public Prosecuter Office) framework, one of the last member states to do so. This is a step that is changing the game lastingly and makes domestic corruption much less cozy, at least when EU money is involved.
PS: The only other member states outside of the competence of EPPO will be then Ireland and Denmark, both having general judicary opt outs, so are special cases.
Really like how the eu cut it up in blocks, putting up conditions to make sure Hungary makes multiple steps in the right direction.
About €2.2bn of the funds being released are contingent on “academic freedom” being restored in Hungary’s universities, while another €500m is being held back until Hungary complies with last month’s ruling by the European court of justice over laws discriminating against the LGBTQ community.