The eventual outcome has been that the European Commissioner for Budget, Johannes Hahn, and not President Ursula von der Leyen, will represent the European Commission in the plenary debate on Wednesday 16 February in Strasbourg on the consequences of the judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union on the validity of the regulation making the payment of EU funds conditional on respect for the rule of law (see EUROPE B12889A12).
The President’s schedule has changed due to various...