Further friction between MEPs and the Council of the European Union can be expected regarding the fate of the European Commission's proposal, made in May 2018 and renewed last May, to link the granting of European funds to respect for certain key principles of the Rule of law (see EUROPE B12494A8).
As they told Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday 8 July (see EUROPE B12523A12) and then German State Secretary for European Affairs Michael Roth on Thursday, MEPs do not want to be a mere rubber...