On 18 September 2022 the Commission proposed the freezing of €7.5 billion in EU funds for Hungary, citing corruption and public procurement concerns, after triggering the EU’s rule of law conditionality mechanism against Hungary in April. MEPs discuss the state of play of the negotiations between the Commission and Hungary linked to the protection of the EU budget and the recovery and resilience plan. First part of the MEPs debate.

Strasbourg

debate

plenary session

LENAERS, Jeroen (EPP, NL)

IN 'T VELD, Sophia (Renew, NL)

EU mechanism on democracy, the rule of law and fundamental rights (T)

EU - Hungary (T)

LEBRETON, Gilles (ID, FR)

SARVAMAA, Petri (EPP, FI)

GARDIAZABAL RUBIAL, Eider (S&D, ES)

OMARJEE, Younous (The Left, FR)

DEUTSCH, Tamás (NI, HU)

CSEH, Katalin (Renew, HU)

JAKI, Patryk (ECR, PL)

DELBOS-CORFIELD, Gwendoline (Greens/EFA, FR)

TERHEŞ, Cristian (ECR, RO)

KOLAKUŠIĆ, Mislav (NI, HR)

FEST, Nicolaus (ID, DE)

WOLTERS, Lara (S&D, NL)

recovery and resilience facility (T)

State of play of the negotiations between the Commission and the Hungarian Government linked to the Conditionality Regulation and the RRP: MEPs debate (part 1/2)

SOUNDBITE (Original), Petri SARVAMAA (EPP, FI), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Eider GARDIAZABAL RUBIAL (S&amp;D, ES), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Sophia IN &apos;T VELD (Renew, NL), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Daniel FREUND (Greens/EFA, DE), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Gilles LEBRETON (ID, FR), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Patryk JAKI (ECR, PL), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Younous OMARJEE (The Left, FR), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Tam&#225;s DEUTSCH (NI, HU), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Jeroen LENAERS (EPP, NL), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Lara WOLTERS (S&amp;D, NL), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Katalin CSEH (Renew, HU), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Gwendoline DELBOS-CORFIELD (Greens/EFA, FR), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Nicolaus FEST (ID, DE), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Mislav KOLAKU&#352;I&#262; (NI, HR), -