nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/5a9c28ccc431ec4f DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 260529s2026||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/5a9c28ccc431ec4f doi eng 342 23 Demopoulou, Joanna Author aut Three Readings of One Decision - Case C-225/24 and the Limits of Procedural Depoliticisation Demopoulou, Joanna Verfassungsblog 2026-05-29 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier The dominant reading of the December 2023 unfreezing of funds for Hungary – most recently restated on this blog, following Advocate General Tamara Ćapeta’s February Opinion proposing its annulment – describes that release as “clearly a political ploy at European Council level to get Orbán to lift his veto for support to Ukraine”. The authors argue that the mechanism must be insulated from political bargaining if it is to retain credibility. Their diagnosis of what went wrong is sharp. Their assumption about what would constitute going right may be less secure. CC BY-SA 4.0 Advocate General Tamara Ćapeta Article 296 TFEU Case C-225/24 EU Hungary Ungarn cohesion funds conditionality mechanism freezing funds (DE-588)10290611-7 gnd EU (DE-588)4078541-5 gnd Ungarn Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/three-readings-of-one-decision/ raw object