Hungary & Poland just voted against #RuleofLaw mechanism, and reserved their right to challenge it before Court (as anticipated in #EUCO conclusions)

But there’s (much) more

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Hungary (not Poland) states that its veto remains on the whole #MFF and just been temporarily lifted pending the imminent Court’s case 2/

The Commission declares to be bound by #EUCO interpretative declaration in toto, which it green lights as legal under the EU Treaties.

Quod non. 3/

Here’s the EU Parliament’s ready response to Council’s vote and statements by #hungary and Commission 4/

This ping-pong between co-legislators following such an intrusion of #EUCO is unprecedented and worryingly from a #ruleoflaw perspective 5/

Now the ball is in the EU Parliament’s court.

Will it dare to amend the #RoL Regulation?

Will it add a Declaration along the lines of its draft resolution? 6/ #ruleoflaw