[…] “After a thorough assessment, and several exchanges with the Hungarian government, the Commission considers that Hungary has taken the measures it committed to take,” allowing the EU’s executive to free up the funds, the Commission said in a press release.
“This means part of the cohesion policy funding would no longer be blocked, and therefore Hungary may start claiming reimbursements of up to around €10.2 billion,” the statement said. […]
Since then, the Hungarian authorities have made some legal changes to strengthen the role and powers of the National Judicial Council — a body supervising the administration of Hungarian courts — and the independence of the Supreme Court.
These changes were enough to free some, but not all of the frozen funds, as Hungary still needs to implement another set of reforms linked to the protection of human rights and academic freedoms. Läs artikel