is anti fraud office known by its french acronym oluf has advised the e.u. to reclaim the forty million euros lighting subsidies from hungary the country has benefited greatly from it's a your membership only ten years ago it was almost bankrupt wages there stagnant e.u. funding has been the driving force behind its economic recovery by the end of twenty sixteen brussels the channeled a total of forty eight billion euros to hungary the country is one of the biggest net recipients of funding in the block. the e.u. also subsidizes a lot of investment in hungary something which encourage german firms to locate there three of the country's four biggest companies are subsidiaries of boston. hungry uses the e.u. cash to give tax breaks to foreign investors which also boost the economy and creates jobs. for more i'm joined by american car parties a journalist covering eastern european countries and he joins me from warsaw. is prime minister viktor orban right when he claims all the credit for hungary's recent economic development. well absolutely not i mean we have