> Now for the first time, the European Commission has the legal clout to withdraw funding from an EU member state without having to secure the backing of all other members. In due course, this lower political threshold for taking member states’ money will prove a powerful political tool for Brussels.
> But no less important, at a time of increasing solidarity in Europe in response to Russia’s threats—and now attacks—against Ukraine, the ruling upholds the EU’s ability to enforce fiscal rules on errant member states.
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> Now for the first time, the European Commission has the legal clout to withdraw funding from an EU member state without having to secure the backing of all other members. In due course, this lower political threshold for taking member states’ money will prove a powerful political tool for Brussels.
> But no less important, at a time of increasing solidarity in Europe in response to Russia’s threats—and now attacks—against Ukraine, the ruling upholds the EU’s ability to enforce fiscal rules on errant member states.
Thanks Poland and Hungary.