Hungary has dropped its opposition to the introduction of a global minimum corporation tax rate of 15% as part of a wider deal with the EU allowing implementation to proceed.
The country has agreed to unblock €18bn in financial aid to Ukraine, in return for reducing the amount of funding Budapest has seen frozen by the bloc.
It has also been holding back €5.8 billion euros of post-Covid EU recovery money due to Hungary's democratic backsliding and fears over its respect for judicial independence. The compromise with Hungary's right-wing Prime Minister Viktor Orban means the EU can make good on its pledge to keep backing Ukraine as it fights Russia's invasion.
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