Finnish Prime Minister Antti Rinne stressed the importance for Member States that are net contributors to the EU budget to make the provision of EU funding conditional on respect for the Rule of law.
“Net contributors agree that, as a consequence of Brexit, they cannot increase their contributions if they cannot include conditionality”, said Mr Rinne on Friday 6 September in Helsinki, on the sidelines at a meeting between the Finnish Presidency of the Council of the EU and the Conference...