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http://dx.doi.org/10.59704/304a672059e33ee1 https://verfassungsblog.de/limiting-commission-discretion-in-eu-funding-conditionality/ Limiting Commission Discretion in EU Funding Conditionality - Protecting Conditionality Under the Next EU Budget Veraldi, Jacquelyn D. eng 2026-03-18 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 conditionality EU budget Hungary Viktor Orbán Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 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.