STRASBOURG, France (AP) — Hungary plans to change the legislation that has raised European Union concerns about democratic rights in his country, EU Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said Wednesday.
Barroso said he received a letter from Prime Minister Viktor Orban early Wednesday in which the Hungarian leader indicated “his intention to modify the relevant legislation and to work with the (EU) Commission.”
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