nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/304a672059e33ee1 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 260318s2026||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/304a672059e33ee1 doi eng 342 23 Veraldi, Jacquelyn D. Author aut Limiting Commission Discretion in EU Funding Conditionality - Protecting Conditionality Under the Next EU Budget Veraldi, Jacquelyn D. Verfassungsblog 2026-03-18 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier When the Commission sets the criteria for releasing EU funds, can it later decide not to follow them? Advocate General Ćapeta’s Opinion in Parliament v Commission observes that the Commission prematurely released funds despite Hungary not fulfilling many pre-established conditions. The Commission itself had set these criteria. This is part of a broader pattern of conditionality compliance not always being taken particularly seriously. CC BY-SA 4.0 conditionality EU budget Hungary Viktor Orbán Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/limiting-commission-discretion-in-eu-funding-conditionality/ raw object