The Renew Europe group in the European Parliament published on Tuesday 7 July a paper on the conditionality of the European budget in which it suggests that in case of violation of the rule of law by a Member State, the citizens of that State should not be penalised by their government.
The Commission is in a position to manage its funds directly and to send them to the citizens, without prior payment to the country’s authorities, who might be suspected of corruption or fraudulent use of...