EU Summit: Hungary, Poland under pressure over anti-Brussels strategy

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    Compromise looked likely Thursday over an #EU #budget row, but Hungary and #Poland’s threat of a veto may yet have domestic repercussions for Budapest and Warsaw, whose tough-talking stand against Brussels must contend with pro-EU public opinion and the Covid-19 pandemic.

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