Good morning from the Financial Times. Today is Friday, December 4th. And this is your

F.T. News briefing. The Budget Commissioner of the EU says Brussels could go ahead

with its coronavirus recovery fund

with or without Hungary in Poland.

The UK accuses Emmanuel Macron of throwing a last-minute curveball

into Brexit deal talks,

and Boeing finally nets in order for its 737 max jet.

Plus global equities markets have been on a tear over the past few months.

We'll ask our global financial correspondent whether the rally can be stopped.

I'm Mark Filipino and here's the news you need to start your day.

For the past few weeks Hungary and Poland have insisted the EU's rule of law push is unfair.

Leaders of the countries are upset about one mechanism in particular, they say targets their countries.

It lets the EU suspend funding to member states. in particular they say targets their countries.

It lets the EU suspend funding to member states where the bloc's values have been threatened.

Hungary and Poland have been against this rule so much that they've threatened to veto Brussels

nearly 2 trillion euro budget in the

EU's coronavirus recovery package. But the EU's Budget Commissioner has a

message for Poland and Hungary. The block could move on without you.

Johannes Han told the F.T.

that EU lawyers have found a way to get around Warsaw, Budapest,

and their objections to EU spending plans.

And what's more, Han said the block could cut the two countries out of the

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