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Orban also told public radio MR1-Kossuth in an interview that he expected to strike a political agreement with European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso on disputed legislation at a meeting next week to pave the way for a new funding deal. Orban said it would have been beneficial for Hungary to have had a safety agreement with the International Monetary Fund and the European Union already "yesterday," even if the country had no plans to draw on any funding made available.