The deal on #RecoveryPlan & #MFF sanctions the birth of deeply transformed EU, less principled, less European:

- lighter on values such as #ruleoflaw

- less committed to research, health & climate

- debt prone, lacking own resources

Misaligned with Parliament & citizens! Image
And NOW the EU Parliament:

After having being condemned to silently watch over record-long #EUCO, the EU Parliament WON’T miss the opportunity to highlight shortcomings of such as deal on #MFF and #RecoveryPlan

@Europarl_EN can’t do much more, unfortunately.

@EP_President
EU leaders give up their attempt at subjecting disbursement EU funding on respect of #RuleOfLaw with vague commitment to ‘rapidly’ set up new regime governed by QMV. It’s yet another victory for #Orbán & co. & consolidation of authoritarian equilibrium @rdanielkelemen #MFF #EUCO Image

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How to make sense of these conflicting realities when we — EU citizens — are all equally affected by #COVID2019 ? THREAD
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After months of speculation, it's the European Parliament – not the Commission that first initiated #CoFoE – to offer 1st blueprint.

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First, this is NOT (yet) a legal action, but the first step of a iterative process between the EU Commission and UK, with the former being expected to respond by Nov 22 2/5 #brexit
Second, before bringing the UK to Court, the Commission has to prepare a reasoned opinion against the UK defining the alleged breach before the Court. Only in case of non satisfactory or non response, the Commission may start legal action 3/5 #brexit
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