Should European funds be made conditional on respect for the rule of law?

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Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban in the European Parliament, September 12, 2018. REUTERS / Vincent Kessler

By: Guillaume Naudin Follow

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They agreed.

The European Parliament and the German presidency of the European Union have found common ground on the next European budget, which is backed by the famous 750 billion euro stimulus plan.

But, because there is a but, to obtain this agreement, it was necessary to integrate a mechanism allowing to deprive of European funds the countries which do not respect the rule of law.

In the viewfinder, there are several countries including two clearly identified, Poland and Hungary, pointed out for months or even years on issues of separation of powers in particular.

Should European funds be made conditional on respect for the rule of law?

This is the question of the day.

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, MEP, Renaissance, Agir la right constructive.

Member of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE).

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, historian, professor at the University of Geneva, author of the book

, Fayard editions.

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, professor of European law at Middlesex University, London, specialist in subjects related to breaches of the rule of law in the European Union (EU).

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