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http://dx.doi.org/10.59704/30e2d73f7c756e17 https://verfassungsblog.de/unfreezing-eu-funds-without-melting-the-rule-of-law/ Unfreezing EU Funds Without Melting the Rule of Law Morijn, John Scheppele, Kim Lane eng 2026-05-25 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 conditionality EU funds Fidesz Rule of Law Tisza Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 Three years ago, we wrote Frozen, a story about how EU institutions had blocked billions of euros in EU funds on rule of law grounds for Poland and Hungary. After the recent Hungarian parliamentary elections, a much happier scenario is visible in Budapest and Brussels: unfreezing those same funds. But how can this be speedily achieved while honouring the rule of law? This is far from straightforward.