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The European Commission is planning to unfreeze 10 billion euros for Hungary next week. This is the third part of the overall suspended financing for the country, reports The Guardian. EU diplomats have tried to justify this move, claiming it is not due to alleged blackmail from Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who has repeatedly threatened to block negotiations on Ukraine’s EU accession at the upcoming summit of leaders on Thursday and Friday. “It’s an unfortunate timing because it looks like horse-trading, but it’s not,” said one diplomat. Not all the money will be unfrozen for Hungary…

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