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Hungary sticks to veto of EU budget over rule-of-law issue

by Justin Spike
| November 19, 2020 12:09 AM

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary's prime minister on Wednesday called the European Union's proposed mechanism to link the rule of law to budget disbursements for EU nations a “political and ideological weapon,” claiming it was designed to blackmail and punish countries that reject immigration.

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