BRUSSELS — The European Commission on Monday missed a self-imposed deadline to grant approval for Hungary’s Covid recovery plans, saying it remained in talks with Budapest as anger simmers over an anti-LGBTQ law.
“The commission has not yet concluded its assessment of the Hungarian recovery and resilience plan,” a spokeswoman for the EU executive said.
“Should our assessments require more weeks rather than days, we will propose to Hungary to agree on an extension of the two-months deadline.”
The delay comes after Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen warned Hungary to reverse course on a controversial law that bans the “promotion” of LGBTQ issues to unde…
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