Farkas, Erika Author aut Kádár, András Author aut Text xx# 2023 Verfassungsblog 2023-12-12 eng

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Almost a year has passed since the European Union decided to block the payment of EUR 27 billion in union funds to Hungary under several instruments. Access to the largest part of the frozen funds - altogether EUR 13 billion - depends on whether Hungary complies with its undertakings to strengthen judicial independence. The government claims to have met all four of the so-called super milestones by adopting a judicial package in May 2023 and requests access to the blocked funds under Hungary’s Recovery and Resilience Fund (RRF) and ten different operative programmes. However, upon taking a closer look at the preconditions to the payments and the nature and implementation of the proposed reforms, it becomes clear that Hungary is still playing tricks to avoid compliance. CC BY-SA 4.0 Farkas, Erika conditionality mechanism EU rule of law framework Hungary judicial independence rule of law backsliding 342 https://verfassungsblog.de/trick-and-treat/ 2366-7044 Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH 10.59704/8d3032182ff5cd25 231212 10.59704/8d3032182ff5cd25 Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.7 using MARC21slim2MODS3-7.xsl (Revision 1.140 20200717)