Facing the EC and two thirds of Member States, Hungary has huge EU funds on the line
Serious problems identified in Hungarian and EU public procurement
Over the law on the defence of sovereignty
EU executive claims it acted lawfully and vows to "defend its decision before the EU courts"
Two thematic enabling conditions could also be met
EU institutions, values and funds need to be protected from Viktor Orbán's cabinet
Manfred Weber says there may be problems
HUF 300 billion in EU funds have been transferred, FinMin reports
Tibor Navracsics says EU cannot be called a cultural community at the moment
Judicial reform found to be sufficient to meet horizontal eligibility criteria
They are also concerned about new sovereignty protection law
Although it is widely believed that EU funds can now be released, not all conditions have been met
But there is still, as always, a lot of uncertainty
Johannes Hahn says there's no negotiation ongoing
But he expects the matter to be resolved by next summer's rotating presidency
EU officials see Hungary risking certain transfers
EU executive wants several measures from gov't in rule of law procedure
Talking about substitution does not make much sense
Johannes Hahn says the Orbán cabinet has yet to meet many of Brussels' requests
Lengthy assessment procedure will start only in June at the earliest