nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20220711-233849-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 220711s2022||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20220711-233849-0 doi eng 342 23 Scheppele, Kim Lane Author aut Will the Commission Throw the Rule of Law Away in Hungary?  Scheppele, Kim Lane Verfassungsblog 2022-07-11 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier The Hungarian government is publicly saying that it is nearing a deal with the European Commission to unlock the Recovery Funds that have been withheld because the Commission has not yet approved Hungary’s plan for spending those funds.    Apparently, Hungary has agreed to four conditions that will allow the €7bn worth of grants and about €8bn in low-interest loans to be approved.  But if those are any indication of the price that the European Commission will extract for comprehensive violation of the rule of law, the European Commission is making a colossal mistake. CC BY-SA 4.0 conditionality EU Recovery Funds Rule of Law Viktor Orbán Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/will-the-commission-throw-the-rule-of-law-away-in-hungary/ raw object