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Pressure mounts on Hungary, Poland to unlock EU stimulus

by Samuel Petrequin
| December 9, 2020 12:10 AM

BRUSSELS (AP) — The German presidency of the EU said Tuesday that further delaying the European Union's landmark 1.82 trillion-euro ($2.21 trillion) long-term budget and coronavirus recovery package would be “irresponsible" as diplomats envisage a solution without Poland and Hungary, the two EU states holding up the measure.

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