The Committee of Permanent Representatives of the Member States to the EU (Coreper) is expected to agree, on Wednesday 12 October, to extend the deadline for deciding on measures to protect the EU budget against breaches of the Rule of law in Hungary by a further 2 months, until 19 December 2022.
Initially, the EU Council had until 19 October to vote on the European Commission’s proposal to deprive Hungary of €7.5 billion in EU funds (cohesion policy), due to the country’s...