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EU agrees on 2021 budget, waits for lifting of Polish, Hungarian veto
European Union governments and the European Parliament agreed on Friday on the annual EU budget for 2021, but for it to become law, Poland and Hungary will need to lift their veto of the overall 2021-2027 EU budget framework. The 2021 budget for all 27 EU countries is already built on revenue and spending limits set in the EU’s new seven-year budget, which Warsaw and Budapest do not want to accept because it links access to EU money with respecting the rule of law. Both countries are under EU probes for undermining the independence of courts, media and non-governmental organisations, so they risk losing tens of ... (full story)