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€1.1 billion reward handed to pro-government Hungarian media may end up being too much for the EU

A complaint has been submitted to the European Commission, accusing the Hungarian government of violating EU competition law by disguising state subsidies as advertising, giving pro-government media outlets an unfair advantage. An economic analysis estimates that €1.1 billion of illegal state subsidies should be repaid to the state treasury, representing the cumulative damage caused by the government's media policy since 2015.