Finnish Prime Minister Juha Sipilä stressed respect for the rule of law, budgetary discipline and the fight against climate change on Thursday 31 January during a debate on the future of the European Union in the European Parliament.
"There can’t be any compromise on the rule of law", Sipilä said. He welcomed the legislative proposal to make the granting of European funding conditional on respect for the rule of law in the Member States after 2020 (see EUROPE 12174).
The Liberal...