In 2023, the EU Commission stopped payments of over 20 billion EUR due to serious rule of law violations.
Justice & Anti-CorruptionHungary
- Omissions
- The €6.3 billion suspension decision was made by the EU Council in December 2022, not by the Commission in 2023
- The €10 billion in cohesion funds mentioned in November 2023 was being considered for unblocking, not suspended
- The claim conflates different funding mechanisms and time periods
- Source cited is from the Council (December 2022), not the Commission (2023)
- Sources
- PrimaryCouncil of the European UnionEU member states agreed to suspend approximately €6.3 billion of budgetary commitments in cohesion policy programmes for Hungary in December 2022
- SecondaryEuronewsEuropean Commission could unblock €10 billion in cohesion funds for Hungary (referring to funds previously frozen, being released in late 2023)
- SecondaryCentre for European ReformThe Commission deployed rule of law conditionality twice, suspending EU funding to Poland and Hungary in late 2022