nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/e4b53f82ea31908f DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 240826s2024||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/e4b53f82ea31908f doi eng 342 23 Martínez, Esther Author aut Hungary’s Sovereignty Protection Sham - Silencing Dissent and Dodging the EU Funding Conditionality Mechanism Martínez, Esther Verfassungsblog 2024-08-26 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier Hungary’s persistent rule of law and corruption shortcomings have led the EU to freeze EUR 27.8 billion in funding under various conditionality regimes. Prime Minister Orbán, who relies on these funds to maintain his political machinery and reward loyalists, has wielded Hungary’s veto in the Council to unlock this funding. Moreover, Hungary adopted the Act LXXXVIII of 2023 on the protection of national sovereignty (Sovereignty Law), which sets up the Sovereignty Protection Office (SPO), a state entity created to defend Hungarian sovereignty. This post examines the Sovereignty Law and calls the EU to effectively halt the SPO’s activities and prevent this model from spreading elsewhere. CC BY-SA 4.0 EU EU Hungary Sovereignty Law Sovereignty Protection Office Ungarn (DE-588)10290611-7 gnd EU (DE-588)4078541-5 gnd Ungarn Menéndez, Alejandro Author aut Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/sovereignty-protection-sham/ raw object