By Gabriela Baczynska BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Hungary made a “significant step” towards securing billions in economic stimulus funds by accepting European Union demands on the independence of the judiciary, an official with the bloc told Reuters on Friday. That bodes well for finalising negotiations between Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s government and the Brussels-based European Commission on some 6 billion euros in economic aid envisaged for Budapest but frozen over rule of law disputes. “The Hungarians have accepted the Commission’s conditions on the milestone for the independence of the judici…