The obstinacy shown by Hungary and Poland, when it comes to vetoing the EU's budget for 2021-27 as well as the coronavirus crisis-related recovery plan, could put access to the money in jeopardy, Slovak Foreign Affairs Ministry State Secretary Martin Klus (SaS) has admitted.
Meanwhile, chief of Slovak diplomacy Ivan Korčok (an SaS nominee) stated on Tuesday that he'll approach his counterparts in Poland and Hungary in an effort to persuade their countries to stop vetoing the budget and plan.
At a session of the ambassadors of EU-member countries in Brussels on Monday, Poland and Hungary blocked approval of the EU's long-term budget worth €1.1 trillion as well as the €750-billion package that is meant to help to revive the European economy from the coronavirus crisis. Slovakia's southern and northern neighbours did so to express their disagreement with a condition stating that access to the money should depend on observing the principles of the rule of law. The two countries perceive this condition as one that is open to political manipulation and would radically limit their national sovereignty. The condition was agreed on at the Council of the EU on November 5.
