The @EU_Commission presented its latest assessment about the #Hungarian Potemkin #AntiCorruption package on November 30. #Germany, #France & #Italy asking the #Commission a couple of days later to do the same again is a slap in the face of the Commission, @Europarl_EN
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the German @Bundestag, which asked the #Bundesregierung to take a hard stance in this matter, and the #RuleOfLaw in general.
bundestag.de/dokumente/text…
the German @Bundestag, which asked the #Bundesregierung to take a hard stance in this matter, and the #RuleOfLaw in general.
bundestag.de/dokumente/text…
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Escalating the issue to the #EUCO is also a wrong move.
The decision under the #ConditionalityRegulation about the suspension of EUR 7.5bn #CohesionFunds & the approval of the #Hungarian recovery plan should be solved in #ECOFIN with #QMV.
Escalating the issue to the #EUCO is also a wrong move.
The decision under the #ConditionalityRegulation about the suspension of EUR 7.5bn #CohesionFunds & the approval of the #Hungarian recovery plan should be solved in #ECOFIN with #QMV.
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Simply because they can only be solved by QMV. There is no chance to come to a solution in #EUCO with unanimity. This will only take time, threatening with disregarding the deadlines set out in the #ConditionalityRegulation &
Simply because they can only be solved by QMV. There is no chance to come to a solution in #EUCO with unanimity. This will only take time, threatening with disregarding the deadlines set out in the #ConditionalityRegulation &
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leaving the impression behind that for #Berlin & #Paris pleasing #EUAutocrats is always more important than complying with binding #EUlaw & playing in defence of #EUvalues.
leaving the impression behind that for #Berlin & #Paris pleasing #EUAutocrats is always more important than complying with binding #EUlaw & playing in defence of #EUvalues.
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From time to time I get the impression that certain #German stakeholders hasn't learned anything over the past 12 years about #Orbán's #Hungary or #autocratization within the #EU.
From time to time I get the impression that certain #German stakeholders hasn't learned anything over the past 12 years about #Orbán's #Hungary or #autocratization within the #EU.
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They just follow the same old reflexes and pathways that repeatedly turned out to be wrong. But they try it again and again, anyhow, anyway.
They just follow the same old reflexes and pathways that repeatedly turned out to be wrong. But they try it again and again, anyhow, anyway.
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