Zalaegerszeg, Hungary —The sign proudly announces that the roundabout near Zalaegerszeg in western Hungary was built with 500 million forints (about $1.5 million) of funds from the European Union. The sign next to the roundabout announces that it was built with 503.37 million forints (about $1.5 million) of EU funds. Tibor Navracsis, the regional development minister, told Hungary’s parliament last year that the EU had financed 52,000 projects in the country during the 2014-2020 budget period. The roundabout near Zalaegerszeg is not the only unfinished or unhelpful project in Hungary to have received EU funds. That will cost another 954 million forints (about $3 million), he told CNN – also from an EU fund.

Source: CNN April 11, 2026 11:35 UTC