Adelina Marini<p>This is quite the development! With all the cases piling up in the Court, VDL's Commission can very well be nicknamed 'We'll see you in Court'. <br>However, it's disappointing how selective the European Parliament is when it comes to defending the rule of law. Allowing the Commission to end the CVM for Bulgaria and Romania is very illustrative of the double standards applied</p><p><a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Hungary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hungary</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/RuleOfLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RuleOfLaw</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/CourtOfJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CourtOfJustice</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/RuleOfLawConditionality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RuleOfLawConditionality</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/EuropeanParliament" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EuropeanParliament</span></a></p>
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Adelina Marini<p>Is Slovakia the next EU Member State for which the EU institutions will fail to act to prevent it from dismantling the rule of law, especially in an election year? </p><p><a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Slovakia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Slovakia</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/RuleOfLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RuleOfLaw</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/EUfunds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EUfunds</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/RuleOfLawConditionality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RuleOfLawConditionality</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://visegradinsight.eu/can-protests-in-slovakia-stop-ficos-judicial-overhaul/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">visegradinsight.eu/can-protest</span><span class="invisible">s-in-slovakia-stop-ficos-judicial-overhaul/</span></a></p>
Adelina Marini<p>In the latest CVM case, AG Campos Sanchez-Bordona sees a risk of impunity in cases affecting the EU's financial interests. And yet, the European Commission not only has not used the CVM as a sufficient ground to trigger the rule of law conditionality but also wants to close the CVM forever at a time, when this mechanism has become a powerful tool in the local and EU-wide defense of the rule of law</p><p><a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Romania" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Romania</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/RuleOfLawConditionality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RuleOfLawConditionality</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/CVM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CVM</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/CJEU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CJEU</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/FinancialInterests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FinancialInterests</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/VATFraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VATFraud</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Corruption</span></a></p>
Adelina Marini<p>4 years have passed since I last wrote for euinside. During that break, many people asked me what will happen to euinside, will we shut it down or what future for it. Well, It's my legacy, so I can't imagine shutting it down, but it will no longer be what it was. Now I will use it to write in-depth analyses on topics of interest and expertise. So, here's the 1st. A legal analysis of the CVM</p><p><a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/RuleOfLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RuleOfLaw</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/RuleOfLawConditionality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RuleOfLawConditionality</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Bulgaria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bulgaria</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Romania" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Romania</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/CVM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CVM</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://euinside.eu/en/analyses/the-end-of-the-cvm-the-mechanism-nobody-wanted-but-which-the-cjeu-made-a-powerful-tool-of" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">euinside.eu/en/analyses/the-en</span><span class="invisible">d-of-the-cvm-the-mechanism-nobody-wanted-but-which-the-cjeu-made-a-powerful-tool-of</span></a></p>
Adelina Marini<p>It seems Poland has found a way to get EU money with no rule-of-law strings attached</p><p><a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Poland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Poland</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/ACPTradeAgreement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ACPTradeAgreement</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/UkraineGrain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UkraineGrain</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/RuleOfLawConditionality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RuleOfLawConditionality</span></a></p>
Adelina Marini<p>Another brilliant piece on how the Commission has started employing all available tools to fight rule of law backsliding in Poland and Hungary by withholding EU funds. Very informative by <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.online/@kimlanelaw" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>kimlanelaw</span></a></span> and <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.online/@jmorijn" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>jmorijn</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Poland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Poland</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Hungary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hungary</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/RuleOfLawConditionality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RuleOfLawConditionality</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/RuleOfLawBreakdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RuleOfLawBreakdown</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://verfassungsblog.de/frozen/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">verfassungsblog.de/frozen/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Adelina Marini<p>A very very important investigation by the European Court of Auditors. It has been really absurd that the Commission hasn't triggered neither the rule of law conditionality nor has blocked recovery funds for Bulgaria and Romania. It is applying the rule of law framework only selectively, it seems. Looking forward to see the outcome of the investigation</p><p><a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/RuleOfLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RuleOfLaw</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/RuleOfLawConditionality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RuleOfLawConditionality</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/EUbudgetProtection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EUbudgetProtection</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/CVM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CVM</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://euobserver.com/rule-of-law/156630" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">euobserver.com/rule-of-law/156</span><span class="invisible">630</span></a></p>
Adelina Marini<p>Poland is doing what Hungary has been doing - just windowdressing in the hope of getting EU money. No authoritarian regime is willing to curtail their powers on their own. And since there are elections this year in Poland, the Commission must be very careful not to repeat the grave mistake it made with Orban</p><p><a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/RuleOfLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RuleOfLaw</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/RuleOfLawConditionality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RuleOfLawConditionality</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Poland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Poland</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Hungary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hungary</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/EUbudgetProtection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EUbudgetProtection</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://euobserver.com/rule-of-law/156619" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">euobserver.com/rule-of-law/156</span><span class="invisible">619</span></a></p>
Adelina Marini<p>Is Orban deliberately trying to create an economic crisis in order to be able to apply for assistance under Article 143 TFEU, which comes without rule of law conditionality?</p><p><a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Hungary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hungary</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/RuleOfLawConditionality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RuleOfLawConditionality</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/BalanceOfPayments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BalanceOfPayments</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/FinancialAssistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FinancialAssistance</span></a></p>
Adelina Marini<p>Earlier, Politico scooped that the Commission is likely to update its proposal to the Council by reducing the amount of EU funds to be frozen. However, Markus Becker reports that the Commission is to hold its ground. If confirmed, the plot thickens</p><p><a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Hungary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hungary</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/RuleOfLawConditionality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RuleOfLawConditionality</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/EUbudgetProtection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EUbudgetProtection</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/MarkusBecker/status/1601199084433448960?s=20&t=sMh525Tb-qs4Ob3JayfB0A" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">twitter.com/MarkusBecker/statu</span><span class="invisible">s/1601199084433448960?s=20&t=sMh525Tb-qs4Ob3JayfB0A</span></a></p>
Adelina Marini<p>Maximilian Steinbeis names it: "our money, our cowardice, our calculation, our automobile industry, our Chancellor: us. We are Viktor Orbán". I doubt it would bring any comfort to say it's not only the Germans who are Orban....</p><p><a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Hungary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hungary</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/RuleOfLawConditionality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RuleOfLawConditionality</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/ViktorOrban" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ViktorOrban</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://verfassungsblog.de/we-are-viktor-orban/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">verfassungsblog.de/we-are-vikt</span><span class="invisible">or-orban/</span></a></p>
Adelina Marini<p>Another excellent and chilling analysis of the real situation with the suspension of EU funding for Orban's autocracy and possible legal consequences by <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.online/@kimlanelaw" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>kimlanelaw</span></a></span>, <span class="h-card"><a href="https://eupolicy.social/@rdanielkelemen" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>rdanielkelemen</span></a></span> and <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.online/@jmorijn" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>jmorijn</span></a></span>. Shows what is really at stake and how the Commission and the Council have turned into facilitators </p><p><a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Hungary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hungary</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/RuleOfLawConditionality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RuleOfLawConditionality</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/EUbudgetProtection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EUbudgetProtection</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://verfassungsblog.de/the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly-2/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">verfassungsblog.de/the-good-th</span><span class="invisible">e-bad-and-the-ugly-2/</span></a></p>
Adelina Marini<p>The timeline for a new assessment of the Hungarian 'reforms' is very compressed, said <br>Valdis Dombrovskis but confirmed the Commission will do the new analysis within this tight timeline <br><a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/ECOFIN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ECOFIN</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/RuleOfLawConditionality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RuleOfLawConditionality</span></a></p>
Adelina Marini<p>This view doesn't sound much more different than the ridiculous claim that Russia does, indeed, need security guarantees. The famous EU motor, France and Germany, are led by weak and shortsighted leaders, not having the EU interests at heart</p><p><a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Hungary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hungary</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/RuleOfLawConditionality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RuleOfLawConditionality</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/EUbudgetProtection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EUbudgetProtection</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/France" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>France</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Germany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Germany</span></a></p>
Adelina Marini<p>Reynders outlined the importance of Hungary ensuring that courts are free to refer preliminary ruling questions to the CJEU; also to ensure legal certainty by ending the practice of challenging final decisions of ordinary courts to the Constitutional Court. It seems these are among the 'essential' milestones</p><p><a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Hungary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hungary</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/RuleOfLawConditionality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RuleOfLawConditionality</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/EUbudgetProtection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EUbudgetProtection</span></a></p>
Adelina Marini<p>Commissioner Didier Reynders clarified that the milestones are binding and time-bound. No partial payments for partial fulfillment</p><p><a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/hungary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hungary</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/RuleOfLawConditionality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RuleOfLawConditionality</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/EUbudgetProtection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EUbudgetProtection</span></a></p>
Adelina Marini<p>Makes one wonder if money will be disbursed if the non-essential milestones are not met?</p><p><a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Hungary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hungary</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/RuleOfLawConditionality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RuleOfLawConditionality</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/EUbudgetProtection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EUbudgetProtection</span></a></p>
Adelina Marini<p>As expected, the EU Commission<br>announced it'll approve the RRF plan for Hungary but no money will be disbursed unless 'essential' milestones are met. To my knowledge, the introduction of 'essential milestones' on top of the other milestones is something new</p><p><a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/hungary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hungary</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/RuleOfLawConditionality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RuleOfLawConditionality</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/RRF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RRF</span></a></p>
Adelina Marini<p>This says all about the level of mutual trust with Hungary. Makes one wonder what happens with the legislative process when there is no more RRF or another incentive?</p><p><a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Hungary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hungary</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/EUbudgetProtection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EUbudgetProtection</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/RuleOfLawConditionality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RuleOfLawConditionality</span></a></p>
Adelina Marini<p>I have a problem with such framing (ever since the Brexit speak, actually). The Commission is a Guardian of the Treaties and it's its duty to enforce the law. This is a victory for the rule of law not for some mythical bureaucrats. Such framing has a very intergovernmentalist tone, which doesn't seem to reflect the legal & democratic reality of checks & balances in the EU</p><p><a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Hungary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hungary</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/RuleOfLawConditionality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RuleOfLawConditionality</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/RRF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RRF</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/EUbudgetProtection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EUbudgetProtection</span></a></p>
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