New Hungarian Justice Minister Judit Varga speaks during an interview with Reuters in Budapest, Hungary, July 23, 2019. REUTERS/Krisztina Than
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungary's new justice minister warned Budapest will resist any European Commission effort to condition EU development funding to rule-of-law standards, which Brussels sees as being undermined by the nationalist Hungarian authorities.
Hungary under Prime Minister Viktor Orban since 2010 and its ally Poland have been at odds with the European executive for years over policies it says are eroding democratic checks and balances in the formerly Communist east of the EU.
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