Budgetary Sanctions as a Mechanism to Protect the Rule of Law in the EU
Budgetary Sanctions as a Mechanism to Protect the Rule of Law in the EU

Author(s): Marta Makowska, Melchior Szczepanik
Subject(s): Supranational / Global Economy, Governance, Politics and law, Fiscal Politics / Budgeting, EU-Legislation
Published by: PISM Polski Instytut Spraw Międzynarodowych
Keywords: European Union; protecting the rule of law; budgetary sanctions; suspending the EU funds; violating rule of law; EU budget;
Summary/Abstract: In the draft multiannual financial framework (MFF) 2021-2027, the European Commission (EC) proposed a political conditionality mechanism through which EU funds could be suspended for countries violating the rule of law. If implemented, it would grant the EC new powers to control the condition of the rule of law in Member States, but it is based on imprecise criteria. Even though the EC has declared that the mechanism is designed to discipline state institutions responsible for breaches, it could be damaging mainly to the final beneficiaries of the funds.

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