Thread by @remkorteweg

Critical reason why this #EUCO is so tense is that some member-states, like NL, don't trust the Commission to be a fair, effective, a-political enforcer of any agreed reforms.

If the Commission's monitoring & enforcement capacity was undisputed, this wdnt be happening.

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On paper, Comm is the independent enforcer of M-S agreements.

Italy and the Netherlands will 'never' allow each other to have a veto over each other's finances.

But a strong Commission? Perhaps.

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That is why it is surprising, and worrying, no-one is talking abt Commission's role to break the deadlock at #EUCO.

So, where is #VDL persuading the Dutch that the Commission can, will and should enforce reforms?

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