The Court of Justice of the European Union on Wednesday 16 February dismissed in their entirety the appeals by Hungary and Poland against the conditionality regime for the protection of the EU budget in case of violation of the principles of the Rule of law (cases C-156 & 157/2021).
Adopted at the end of 2020 as part of the negotiations on the 2021-2027 Multiannual Financial Framework (see EUROPE B12620A1), the regulation (2020/2092) allows the Council of the EU, on a proposal from the...