The rule of law is not negotiable: President of the EP
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The Court of Justice of the EU today upheld the rule of law conditionality regulation, thus rejecting Hungary's and Poland's requests to annul it.
The CJEU ruling confirms the position of the European Parliament in protecting the EU budget against abuses by national governments that fail to respect the rule of law.
On this occasion, the President of the European Parliament, Roberta Metsola, said: “The European Parliament expects the Commission to quickly apply the conditionality mechanism. In the European Parliament, the conditionality of EU funds related to respect for the rule of law is not negotiable.”
“The rule of law is the foundation on which our treaties are built. All Member States must respect the treaties they signed when they joined the European Union. Values matter and citizens have a right to know how common funds are used," she stressed
The regulation, which was highly supported by the European Parliament, was adopted in December 2020. Following the resolution of the European Parliament, in October 2021 the institution brought a lawsuit to the Court of Justice against the European Commission for failure to apply the regulation on the conditionality mechanism.
