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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12525

11 July 2020
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY / Budget/rule of law
European Parliament prepares for delicate discussions with EU Council on conditionality link between Rule of law and release of EU funds
Brussels, 10/07/2020 (Agence Europe)

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...

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