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#BREAKING Poland, Hungary lose on rule-of-law conditionality in top EU court Image
#UPDATE The EU's top court has rejected a challenge by Poland and Hungary to a mechanism allowing Brussels to slash funding to member states that flout democratic standards Image
#UPDATE In its judgment, the ECJ said that all EU member states had signed up to the bloc's "common values... such as the rule of law and solidarity" and that the European Union "must be able to defend those values"
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#UPDATE The EU's top court on Wednesday rejected a challenge by #Poland and #Hungary to a mechanism allowing Brussels to slash funding to member states that flout democratic standards u.afp.com/wMNW #ECJ Image

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