Recovery Fund, EU Court stops appeals by Poland and Hungary against the rules on respect for the rule of law
Double defeat for Poland and Hungary: legal and political. The EU Court of Justice has rejected the appeals of the two states against the mechanism conditionality that subordinates the benefit of loans coming from the Union budget to respect by the Member States of the principles of the rule of law.
This mechanism, according to the Court which met in plenary session, was adopted on the basis of an adequate legal basis, is compatible with the procedure provided for in Article 7 of the EU Treaty and respects in particular the limits of the powers assigned. to the Union and the principle of legal certainty.
At this point the European Commission has the way open to put into practice the Recovery Fund device that links the use of EU funds to respect for the rule of law to protect European taxpayers’ money (through the EU budget and the funds raised with common debt issues).
Hungary, “abuse of power” by the EU
The Hungarian Minister of Justice, Judit Varga, after the verdict of the Court of Justice of the EU, which rejected her appeal and that of Poland against the conditionality mechanism for the disbursement of European funds, spoke of “abuse of power “from Brussels.
Poland, the verdict is an “attack on sovereignty”
Poland also made its voice heard on the verdict of the Court of Justice, calling it an “attack on our sovereignty”. The Polish Deputy Minister of Justice, Sebastian Kaleta, commented on the news on Twitter.
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