(ANSA-AFP) - BRUSSELS, SEP 19 - The European Union's executive arm on Sunday proposed suspending 7.5 billion euros in financing for Hungary, as it awaited potential "game changer" anti-corruption reforms from Budapest. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban's government also came under renewed fire for its close ties with Moscow, accused of having dragged its feet on freezing Russian assets since the invasion of Ukraine. The European Union and Hungary have been at loggerheads for months, with Brussels suspecting the government led by nationalist leader Orban of undercutting the rule of law and using EU money to enrich its cronies. The European Commission's budget commissioner, Johannes Hahn, told journalists Sunday that the EU's executive had proposed suspending funding "amounting to (an) estimated amount of 7.5 billion euros ($7.5 billion)". On Saturday, Hungary's government said that MPs would vote next week on a series of laws aimed at easing the conflict.

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