The President of the European Council, Charles Michel, opened a small door, on Friday 4 December, to consider some of the requests from Hungary and Poland that criticise the envisaged mechanism for suspending EU funds in the event of failure to respect the Rule of law.
Hungary and Poland are blocking the adoption of the 2021-2027 Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) and the EU Recovery Plan in order to obtain an amendment to the text on the table on Rule of law conditionality (see EUROPE...