France, April 29 -- The meeting between top EU officials and Hungary's incoming leadership in Brussels on Wednesday is a bid to unlock billions of euros in frozen funding - and there are growing signs a breakthrough could come quickly.

The talks will bring together European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Hungary's incoming prime minister Peter Magyar, following a decisive election earlier this month that has reshaped Hungary's political landscape.

Around €17 billion in EU funds is at stake, previously blocked over rule of law concerns under the outgoing administration of Viktor Orban.

The discussions are expected to focus on concrete legal and institutional changes Budapest must deliver to secure the release of the...