European justice validated, on Wednesday February 16, in a long-awaited judgment, a device linking the payment of EU funds to respect for the rule of law, inflicting a setback on Budapest and Warsaw which are threatened by this new " conditionality regime".
The CJEU, whose decision was for the first time broadcast live on its website, followed the opinion of the Advocate General and rejected the actions for annulment brought by Hungary and Poland against this regulation.
"This mechanism was adopted on an adequate legal basis" and "respects the limits of the competences attributed to the Union as well as the principle of legal certainty", indicates in particular the Court in a press release.
Poland immediately denounced an "attack on (its) sovereignty".
"What is needed today is unity against the attack on our sovereignty. Poland must defend its democracy against the blackmail that aims to deprive us of our right to self-determination," wrote on Twitter Deputy Justice Minister Sebastian Kaleta.
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