So 🇭🇺, 🇵🇱, 🇸🇪, 🇫🇮, 🇩🇰, 🇳🇱 & 🇧🇪 opposed 🇩🇪’s compromise proposal on how to tie #NextGenerationEU & #MFF disbursements to the rule-of-law. 🇦🇹 & 🇱🇺 abstained. The proposal still got the required qualified majority. But in theory, any of these countries could still block the package:
Allowing the European Commission to raise the agreed debt (750 billion) needs unanimity. So the rule of law legislation only needs qualified majority, and 🇭🇺’s objections can be bypassed there, but if 🇭🇺 wants, it can block the “own resources” decision and blow the whole thing up
Plus we need to keep in mind that the EU Parliament also needs to give its backing to the package (by simple majority). Germany only got a mandate from Member states today to negotiate with the Parliament on the rule of law conditionality. It’s something, but not the end of it.
None of this makes sense of course, why would 🇭🇺 shoot its own foot, it needs the money as much as anyone, maybe more. And why would the EU Parliament risk being accused of blocking much-needed recovery package? But we report what they say, and they have threatened to block. ENDS
P.S: IMHO, it’s more logical for 🇳🇱 or 🇫🇮 to block the package, citing the lack of a strong enough mechanism to ensure they won’t be bankrolling Orban’s cronies, rather than 🇭🇺 blocking a package of 💶 that itself badly needs. Anyways, in both cases the PR cost would be huge
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