Renew Europe MEPs have written to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to urge her not to approve the Hungarian government’s recovery plan until an effective anti-fraud system is put in place in Hungary.

In the letter, the MEPs outline how this could be done:

First, they demand that Viktor Orbán agrees to grant the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) access to the list of final beneficiaries of the Resilience and Recovery Facility Plan (RFF) money.

Second, they ask that persons and entities with a record of serious financial irregularities or conflicts of interest should be denied from receiving RRF funds.

Third, they urge that the laws obstructing investigative journalists and civil society organisations from accessing public information must be repealed or revised.

It is a priority for the Renew Europe Group to ensure that the €7 billion in recovery funds to Hungary will benefit all Hungarians, and not a few politically connected ones.

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