{"id":25820,"date":"2023-04-27T08:56:51","date_gmt":"2023-04-27T08:56:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/hungary-govt-to-submit\/"},"modified":"2023-04-27T08:59:33","modified_gmt":"2023-04-27T08:59:33","slug":"hungary-govt-to-submit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/hungary-govt-to-submit\/","title":{"rendered":"Hungary govt to submit judicial bill to parliament to unlock EU funds -minister"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BUDAPEST (Reuters) -After talks with the European Commission, Hungary&#8217;s government will submit a key judicial reform bill to parliament as part of its efforts to unlock suspended EU funds, Justice Minister Judit Varga said on her official Facebook page on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have the green light from Brussels (to the judicial bill),&#8221; Varga said, adding that based on notification from the European Commissioner for Justice, Didier Reynders, the government would submit the bill to parliament now. <\/p>\n<p>Hungary could receive some 5.8 billion euros in free grants and a further 9.6 billion euros in cheap loans from the EU, but the bloc has suspended any payments until Budapest&#8217;s nationalist government implements reforms to improve judicial independence and tackle corruption.<\/p>\n<p>The judicial package has been considered as an important milestone in the process to access the funds, which Hungary needs as its economy is stagnating and inflation running above 25%. <\/p>\n<p>Hungary and Poland are the EU&#8217;s only member states lagging behind in getting the funds, amid long-standing criticism from the Commission that their right-wing governments are damaging democracy and the rule of law.<\/p>\n<p>In February, Hungary&#8217;s EU negotiator said ironing out remaining issues with Brussels over democratic reforms needed to win the recovery funds could last until the summer.<\/p>\n<p>In more than a decade in power, Prime Minister Viktor Orban has had many bitter run-ins with the EU and its executive arm, the European Commission, over Budapest restricting the rights of migrants, as well as tightening state controls over non-governmental organizations, academics, media and courts.<\/p>\n<p> (Reporting by Krisztina ThanEditing by Bernadette Baum)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/hungary-govt-to-submit\/eu-general-affairs-ministers-meet-in-luxembourg-to-prepare-eu\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/wp-content\/uploads\/Reuters_Direct_Media\/USOnlineReportWorldNews\/tagreuters.com2023binary_LYNXMPEJ3Q0BD-VIEWIMAGE.jpg\" alt=\"tagreuters.com2023binary_LYNXMPEJ3Q0BD-VIEWIMAGE\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/hungary-govt-to-submit\/file-photo-european-union-flags-flutter-outside-the-european-commission-6\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/wp-content\/uploads\/Reuters_Direct_Media\/USOnlineReportWorldNews\/tagreuters.com2023binary_LYNXMPEJ3Q0BC-VIEWIMAGE.jpg\" alt=\"tagreuters.com2023binary_LYNXMPEJ3Q0BC-VIEWIMAGE\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BUDAPEST (Reuters) -After talks with the European Commission, Hungary&#8217;s government will submit a key judicial reform bill to parliament as part of its efforts to unlock suspended EU funds, Justice Minister Judit Varga said on her official Facebook page on Thursday. &#8220;We have the green light from Brussels (to the judicial bill),&#8221; 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