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This shows an industrial facility built partially with EU funds that a Hungarian anti-corruption lawmaker says has not functioned since its completion in 2017, in Mezocsat, Hungary, on April 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Denes Erdos)

This shows an industrial facility built partially with EU funds that a Hungarian anti-corruption lawmaker says has not functioned since its completion in 2017, in Mezocsat, Hungary, on April 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Denes Erdos)

FILE - Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban delivers a speech at Tusvanyos Summer University, in Baile Tusnad, Harghita county, Romania, on July 27, 2024. In Hungary, Orbán has extended his party's control over the media, directly affecting informed democratic participation. (AP Photo/Alexandru Dobre, File)

FILE - Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban delivers a speech at Tusvanyos Summer University, in Baile Tusnad, Harghita county, Romania, on July 27, 2024. In Hungary, Orbán has extended his party's control over the media, directly affecting informed democratic participation. (AP Photo/Alexandru Dobre, File)

Independent Hungarian lawmaker Ákos Hadházy poses for a photograph next to an industrial facility which he says was improperly used EU funds and has not functioned since its completion in 2017, in Mezocsat, Hungary, on April 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Denes Erdos)

Independent Hungarian lawmaker Ákos Hadházy poses for a photograph next to an industrial facility which he says was improperly used EU funds and has not functioned since its completion in 2017, in Mezocsat, Hungary, on April 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Denes Erdos)

Journalists take notes during the government's press conference on Thursday, Jan 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Denes Erdos)

Journalists take notes during the government's press conference on Thursday, Jan 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Denes Erdos)

A road leads to nowhere next to an industrial facility built partially with EU funds that a Hungarian anti-corruption lawmaker says has not functioned since its completion in 2017, in Mezocsat, Hungary, on April 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Denes Erdos)

A road leads to nowhere next to an industrial facility built partially with EU funds that a Hungarian anti-corruption lawmaker says has not functioned since its completion in 2017, in Mezocsat, Hungary, on April 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Denes Erdos)

Members of the media work during the government's press conference on Thursday, Jan 18, 2024. In Hungary, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has extended his party's control over the media, directly affecting informed democratic participation. (AP Photo/Denes Erdos)

Members of the media work during the government's press conference on Thursday, Jan 18, 2024. In Hungary, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has extended his party's control over the media, directly affecting informed democratic participation. (AP Photo/Denes Erdos)

Independent Hungarian lawmaker Ákos Hadházy poses for a photograph next to an industrial facility which he says was improperly used EU funds and has not functioned since its completion in 2017, in Mezocsat, Hungary, on April 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Denes Erdos)

Independent Hungarian lawmaker Ákos Hadházy poses for a photograph next to an industrial facility which he says was improperly used EU funds and has not functioned since its completion in 2017, in Mezocsat, Hungary, on April 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Denes Erdos)

Journalists ask questions to Gergely Gulyás, Minister of the Prime Minister's Office enters the press room during the government's press conference on Thursday, Jan 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Denes Erdos)

Journalists ask questions to Gergely Gulyás, Minister of the Prime Minister's Office enters the press room during the government's press conference on Thursday, Jan 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Denes Erdos)

Gergely Gulyás, Minister of the Prime Minister's Office enters the press room before the government's press conference on Thursday, Jan 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Denes Erdos)

Gergely Gulyás, Minister of the Prime Minister's Office enters the press room before the government's press conference on Thursday, Jan 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Denes Erdos)

FILE - Prime Minister of Hungary Viktor Orban speaks to the media as he arrives to attend the European Political Community summit at Blenheim Palace in Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England, July 18, 2024. In Hungary, Orbán has extended his party's control over the media, directly affecting informed democratic participation. (Jacob King/Pool Photo via AP, File)

FILE - Prime Minister of Hungary Viktor Orban speaks to the media as he arrives to attend the European Political Community summit at Blenheim Palace in Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England, July 18, 2024. In Hungary, Orbán has extended his party's control over the media, directly affecting informed democratic participation. (Jacob King/Pool Photo via AP, File)

A headphone of a cameraman is seen in the press room during the government's press conference on Thursday, Jan 18, 2024. Polarization has created "an almost Orwellian environment" in Hungarian media, where the government weaponizes control of a majority of outlets to limit Hungarians' access to information. (AP Photo/Denes Erdos)

A headphone of a cameraman is seen in the press room during the government's press conference on Thursday, Jan 18, 2024. Polarization has created "an almost Orwellian environment" in Hungarian media, where the government weaponizes control of a majority of outlets to limit Hungarians' access to information. (AP Photo/Denes Erdos)

This shows an industrial facility built partially with EU funds that a Hungarian anti-corruption lawmaker says has not functioned since its completion in 2017, in Mezocsat, Hungary, on April 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Denes Erdos)

This shows an industrial facility built partially with EU funds that a Hungarian anti-corruption lawmaker says has not functioned since its completion in 2017, in Mezocsat, Hungary, on April 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Denes Erdos)

This shows a reflection of a room in an industrial facility built partially with EU funds that a Hungarian anti-corruption lawmaker says has not functioned since its completion in 2017, in Mezocsat, Hungary, on April 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Denes Erdos)

This shows a reflection of a room in an industrial facility built partially with EU funds that a Hungarian anti-corruption lawmaker says has not functioned since its completion in 2017, in Mezocsat, Hungary, on April 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Denes Erdos)