Hungary is set to lose billions of euros of EU funding in connection with breaches of the principles of the rule of law under proposals from the European Commission. Around €7.5 billion could be withheld pending Hungary's implementation of remedial measures agreed after months of talks between
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Women seeking an abortion in Hungary must first listen to their embryo's heartbeat under a new decree. The move by the right-wing government of Viktor Orban indicates a change in the country's liberal laws on abortion by requiring doctors to show women the vital signs of the embryo or foetus.
Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban has said his government will keep its controversial immigration laws, in defiance of an EU ruling. The Court of Justice of the European Union last month ruled that Hungary's law criminalising lawyers and activists who helped asylum seekers fell foul of EU law.