The Portuguese government supported the arguments of Poland and Hungary. "The EU budget should not be linked to a conditionality mechanism”

The government of Portugal supported the arguments of Poland and Hungary at the recent European Council not to tie the EU budget to the conditionality mechanism, writes on Sunday the newspaper "Publico", citing m.in. to a telephone conversation with the former head of the Polish foreign ministry Witold Waszczykowski.

The Capital newspaper indicates that although diplomats from the Portuguese Foreign Ministry do not want to support this information, but other sources, m.in. in Poland, they argue that the Socialist government of Antonio Costa opposed linking payments from the EU budget, including the mobilisation of payments from the reconstruction fund, to the rule of law.
Reporting on the last European Council, "Publico " refers to m.in. to talk to Waszczykowski. "Portugal played on our side ( ... ) in this ideological war," the newspaper quoted a Polish politician as saying.

"The former Polish minister confirmed that Portugal's position behind closed doors of the European Council on the rule of law mechanism was critical. In German documents, Portugal is also described as highly critical of the proposal that prompted Hungary and Poland to veto the EU budget,"wrote publico.

Meanwhile, Radio Observador indicates that although the Portuguese foreign ministry officially claims that it supports the rule of law in the EU, prime minister Costa has been trying for several months to ensure that conditionality does not delay disbursements from the reconstruction fund.

The Lisbon radio station recalls that in July the Socialist Costa went to Budapest to meet with his " unlikely ally", the right-wing Prime Minister of Hungary Viktor Orban
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