BRUSSELS - The EU's top court on Wednesday rejected a challenge by Poland and Hungary to a mechanism allowing Brussels to slash funding to member states that flout democratic standards.
It dismissed Poland's and Hungary's arguments that their rights under EU treaties were being violated by a"conditionality mechanism" that came into force just over a year ago. The mechanism, she said,"enables us to protect better the EU budget and the financial interests of the Union against breaches of the principles of the rule of law".
"Poland needs to defend its democracy from blackmail that aims to take away our right to self-determination," he added.
Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)
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