EU countries that do not respect the rule of law could lose access to EU funds, according to a provisional agreement reached on Thursday 5 November between the European Parliament, the EU Council and the European Commission.
This agreement between EU institutions on the regulation which introduces for the first time budgetary conditionality on the rule of law should make it easier to reach a final compromise on Monday 9 November on the EU’s Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) for...