(ANSA-AFP) - BRUSSELS - Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor
Orban threatened to veto the package, and the EU's long-term
budget, if payments were linked to Budapest's ongoing row with
Brussels over rule of law concerns. EU chief Charles Michel
unveiled Friday his latest proposal for a 750-billion-euro
pandemic recovery fund in the hope of winning over more frugal
member states. Europe has been thrust into its biggest recession
in history and Michel, who coordinates among EU government
leaders, is hoping to win a green light for the package at a
summit next week. This will be the first in-person summit since
the pandemic engulfed Europe in March and leaders will also seek
approval of the bloc's long-term budget. But Michel's proposals
ran into immediate trouble as Finland, Sweden, Hungary and the
Netherlands all voiced concerns.(ANSA-AFP). (ANSA).
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