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Poland, Hungary veto EU budget over rule-of-law issue

by Vanessa Gera
| November 17, 2020 12:06 AM

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland and Hungary on Monday vetoed the European Union's next seven-year budget and a massive coronavirus recovery plan due to a new mechanism that links EU funding to the rule of law, plunging the 27-nation bloc into a political crisis.

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