Mr Sándor from Euronews,

it's on the budget.

Last week

26 MEPs demanded that the Commission suspend all fundings for Hungary,

and then Commissioner McGrath said at the European

Parliament that actually last week the College of Commissioners

discussed the future of the MFF and the rule of law conditionality.

So

is the full suspensions of Hungary is found

on the table?

I really am the right person to ask today,

given that I'm replacing Ma as well,

my colleague who is dealing with

a range of relevant issues.

Look,

what I can say is that at the moment we've

got a substantial amount of EU funding suspended for Hungary.

This amounts to about €18

billion and this is

by reason of the conditions and regulation

that we have discussed on many occasions.

because of the thematic enabling conditions,

the common provisions,

regulations,

and the milestones that relate to

the IRF.

So

at this stage,

what I can say is that we've received a letter and that you have

referred to

and we continuously analyzed the situation across the EU in all member states,

including in Hungary,

on the basis of the very

provisions and rules that I just referred.

Yeah,

and follow up.

And what was the scope of the discussion last week at the College of Commissioners?

Can you say,

can you tell a few details maybe?

On the MFF.

Well,

it was a

stocktaking exercise.

The MFF

proposal has been in the pipeline for quite a while.

It's something that requires a lot of preparation,

a lot of outreach efforts.

Commissioner Serafin has been going around Europe in the

context of what we call Tour de Hop in

order to seek the views of member states as

to how they see this upcoming MFF proposal,

which is foreseen for the 16th of July.

We've also been doing citizens panels reaching out to the.

Citizens to get their views as well,

specifically as to what they expect from the

EU budget and of course at a certain point it's absolutely normal that the College of

Commissioners also take the time to reflect a

little bit on where we are in this substantial

and extremely comprehensive preparation process,

so

I wouldn't have any further details to share in this discussion,

and I would

seek your patience for a little bit more and then

let's see what comes out on the 16 July.

Good.

Thank you.

Any other questions to Balazs?

No,

then we change topic,

Christian.