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Hungary's next PM says frozen EU funds will be paid out soon Hungary's Prime
frozen EU funds for [Hungary](https://www.theguardian.com/world/hungary), the constructive approach his stated plan implies
Hungary [to lift its veto](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/19/hungary-orban-ukraine-loan-veto-eu-summit-europe) on a €90bn (£78bn) loan to Ukraine. Magyar, meanwhile, is scrambling to unlock about €17bn in frozen EU funds
EU funds](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/13/why-peter-magyar-hungary-likely-become-normal-eu-member-state) intended to help Hungary develop its economy, some of which were frozen
Hungary’s ties with the EU and is desperate to unblock some 18 billion euros ($21bn) in funds frozen
EU funding was frozen over rule of law and other issues, and Magyar talked to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Tuesday in a bid to unlock the cash. Hungary
Hungary. In 2023, the Civic Coalition [ousted](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/01/donald-tusk-tells-election-rally-in-warsaw-change-for-the-better-is-inevitable-poland) the rightwing populist PiS, and managed to successfully unlock billions in frozen EU funds
fund Russian President Vladimir Putin's war against Ukraine, now in its fifth year. But unlike the rest of the European Union, Hungary and Slovakia still depend on Russia for their energy needs. Hungary
Hungary and Slovakia by tomorrow at the latest”. Ukraine’s president, [Volodymyr Zelenskyy](https://www.theguardian.com/world/volodymyr-zelenskiy), welcomed the news as “the right signal under the current circumstances”, adding that both “support for Ukraine and pressure