⁍ The proposal would constitute a unilateral modification of the bloc’s founding treaties.

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⁍ It would thereby violate the rule of law and amounted to ‘blackmail

– Germany is in charge of the European Union’s rotating presidency for the time being, but that doesn’t mean it’s business as usual for Hungary. The country’s justice minister slammed Germany’s proposal to tie future EU aid to rule-of-law conditions as “unacceptable” and a violation of the bloc’s founding treaties, reports Reuters. “It would constitute a unilateral modification of the bloc’s founding treaties,” said Judit Varga. “It would thereby violate the rule of law and amounted to ‘blackmail.'”