The Committee of the Regions, which has just been renewed (see EUROPE B12424A14), immediately adopted, on Wednesday 12 February, an opinion drawn up by French MEP Christophe Rouillon (PES), in which he warns of the risks involved in a European sanction mechanism against Member States that do not respect the principles of the rule of law, as envisaged in the next multiannual financial framework.
While members accept the idea of making the payment of structural funds and investments...