Hungary’s National Development and Economy Ministry, which is responsible for handling EU funds, rejected main opposition Fidesz’s recent allegations of corruption and fraud surrounding the use of EU funds, the deputy minister said on Friday.
Laszlo Varju said Hungary is a frontrunner in tapping on EU funding and the European Commission has called Hungary’s institutional system for development policy exemplary.
The allegations made by MEP Tamas Deutsch (Fidesz) “are completely groundless and irresponsible,” Varju said.
Deutch told a meeting of the European People’s Party that a new Fidesz government would shed light on the corruption and fraud linked to the use of European Union funding in Hungary over the past six years.