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Hungary faces reckoning with EU that could cost it billions

Independent lawmaker Akos Hadhazy, who has made a name for himself in Hungary as an anti-corruption crusader, snaps pictures at the site of a planned, but never finished government server farm to store the state's important data in God, Hungary, Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022. The construction received nearly $40 million in EU funding in 2016, but was never finished, which Hadhazy says a clear sign of the missuse of EU funds. Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orban is facing a reckoning with the EU, which appears set to impose financial penalties on Hungary over corruption concerns and alleged rule-of-law violations that could cost Budapest billions and cripple its already ailing economy. (AP Photo/Anna Szilagyi) Closed gate of a planned, but never finished government server farm to store the state's important data is seen near God, Hungary, Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022. The construction received nearly $40 million in EU funding in 2016, but was never finished, which independent lawmaker Akos Hadhazy, who has made a name for himself in Hungary as an anti-corruption crusader, says a clear sign of the missuse of EU funds. Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orban is facing a reckoning with the EU, which appears set to impose financial penalties on Hungary over corruption concerns and alleged rule-of-law violations that could cost Budapest billions and cripple its already ailing economy. (AP Photo/Anna Szilagyi) Independent lawmaker Akos Hadhazy, who has made a name for himself in Hungary as an anti-corruption crusader, snaps pictures at the site of a planned, but never finished government server farm to store the state's important data in God, Hungary, Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022. The construction received nearly $40 million in EU funding in 2016, but was never finished, which Hadhazy says a clear sign of the missuse of EU funds. Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orban is facing a reckoning with the EU, which appears set to impose financial penalties on Hungary over corruption concerns and alleged rule-of-law violations that could cost Budapest billions and cripple its already ailing economy. (AP Photo/Anna Szilagyi) Independent lawmaker Akos Hadhazy, who has made a name for himself in Hungary as an anti-corruption crusader, is seen at the site of a planned, but never finished government server farm to store the state's important data in God, Hungary, Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022. The construction received nearly $40 million in EU funding in 2016, but was never finished, which Hadhazy says a clear sign of the missuse of EU funds. Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orban is facing a reckoning with the EU, which appears set to impose financial penalties on Hungary over corruption concerns and alleged rule-of-law violations that could cost Budapest billions and cripple its already ailing economy. (AP Photo/Anna Szilagyi) Independent lawmaker Akos Hadhazy, who has made a name for himself in Hungary as an anti-corruption crusader, is on the phone while visiting the 19th century Tura castle, owned by the son-in-law of Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orban in Tura, Hungary, Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022. Orban is facing a reckoning with the EU, which appears set to impose financial penalties on Hungary over corruption concerns and alleged rule-of-law violations that could cost Budapest billions and cripple its already ailing economy. (AP Photo/Anna Szilagyi) Independent lawmaker Akos Hadhazy, who has made a name for himself in Hungary as an anti-corruption crusader, snaps pictures of the 19th century Tura castle, owned by the son-in-law of Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orban in Tura, Hungary, Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022. Orban is facing a reckoning with the EU, which appears set to impose financial penalties on Hungary over corruption concerns and alleged rule-of-law violations that could cost Budapest billions and cripple its already ailing economy. (AP Photo/Anna Szilagyi) 19th century Tura castle, owned by the son-in-law of the Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orban is seen in Tura, Hungary, Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022. Orban is facing a reckoning with the EU, which appears set to impose financial penalties on Hungary over corruption concerns and alleged rule-of-law violations that could cost Budapest billions and cripple its already ailing economy. (AP Photo/Anna Szilagyi)