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Now playing Next Hungary Hungary's Orban accuses EU of blocking recovery plan over LGBT dispute Orban claimed that the European Commission had failed to approve Hungary's coronavirus recovery plan because of their disagreements over LGBT policies. 17/09/2021
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Now playing Next Europe News Hungary left waiting as 12 EU states have COVID spending approved A dozen EU countries have had their COVID recovery spending plans approved, paving the way for funds to arrive later this month. 13/07/2021
Now playing Next Europe News Brussels greenlights Italy's €191.5 billion COVID-19 recovery plan Italy will receive the largest share of the EU's €750 billion coronavirus recovery package. 22/06/2021
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