These purported legal disputes are really a power struggle between Brussels and conservative national governments, most notably in Hungary and, previously, Poland.
According to conservative media, Donald Tusk’s support for Ursula von der Leyen’s reelection bid may have accelerated the unblocking of EU funds for Poland.
A German initiative would enshrine rule-of-law conditionality in all EU budget payments—while preventing sovereigntist governments from protecting states punished for non-compliance.
A document obtained by The European Conservative shows the Commission planning to drop the legal harassment of Warsaw, months after a Brussels-friendly government took over.
