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Angela Skujins

Hungary dramatically cuts EU defence loan request under new government

Hungarian authorities have informed Brussels that they intend to limit their request for an EU defence loan to €5.4 billion under the EU’s Security Action For Europe (SAFE) programme, European Commission spokesperson Thomas Regnier confirmed on Friday.

The latest figure is less than half the €16.4 billion originally requested by former Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.

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