nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20230328-195232-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 230328s2023||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20230328-195232-0 doi eng 342 23 Ceran, Olga Author aut (orcid)0000-0003-1394-2550 The Council’s Conditionality Decision as a Violation of Academic Freedom? Ceran, Olga Verfassungsblog 2023-03-28 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier On 15 December 2022, the Council’s suspended various EU budgetary commitments towards Hungary, the first application of the so-called Rule of Law Conditionality Regulation. The measure also froze access to Erasmus+ and Horizon Europe funds for 21 Hungarian universities that remain under the management of public interest trusts, thereby effectively denying access to these funds to a large pool of scholars and students. The decision raises important questions regarding the scope of protection afforded to final beneficiaries of EU funds. We suggest that a deeper engagement with the rights and interests of final beneficiaries in the context of the Conditionality Regulation necessitates a reconceptualisation of the EU’s understanding of and responsibility for academic freedom. CC BY-SA 4.0 Academic Freedom Conditionality Regulation Hungary rule of law backsliding Rule of Law Mechanism Guerra, Ylenia Author aut Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/the-councils-conditionality-decision-as-a-violation-of-academic-freedom/ raw object