Hungary faces an end-of-August deadline to complete dozens of reforms tied to EU funds
BUDAPEST – Péter Magyar, Hungary’s new prime minister, struck an optimistic but defiant tone ahead of high-stakes talks in Brussels, vowing to unlock billions in frozen EU funds while maintaining Hungary’s veto threat over Ukraine’s EU accession.
In a video posted from Hungary’s Permanent Representation to the EU, Magyar said he would meet Mark Rutte, the Nato chief, Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever and Ursula von der Leyen, the European Commission president on his Brussels tour, on Thursday and Friday.
Accompanying him are Finance Minister András Kármán, Transport Minister Dávid Vitézy and his Foreign Minister Anita Orbán.
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