Hungary won

Hungary and Poland have won a great victory in the debate on the EU budget. German Prime Minister Angela Merkel, who holds the union’s rotating presidency, accepted the terms of Viktor Orbán and Mateusz Morawiecki, thus ruling out the possibility of trying to punish countries in vague political terms, especially on immigration and gender issues. Now we will show what is in the agreement.

According to Origo, the agreement underlines that the draft regulation on the general conditions of protection of the EU budget Particular attention will be paid to the national identities of the Member States (including their own basic political and constitutional provisions), as well as to the objectivity, non-discrimination and equal treatment of the Member States.

The draft agreement contains the following points:

• Guidance should be provided on the methodology for applying the Regulation. The European Commission should develop these guidelines in close cooperation with the Member States.
• This guideline can be challenged by any country in the Court of Justice of the European Communities. Until the court decides, the Commission cannot propose any action.
• Even after the Court has ruled, the Commission can only present a proposal if the procedures already available under EU law (such as the CPR, the Financial Regulation, the infringement procedure) do not allow more effective protection EU budget.
• The measures shall be proportionate to the impact of any damage on the Union budget and must have a clear causal link between the damage and its negative consequences for the financial interests of the Union. In other words, it is not enough for the Commission to say that “the rule of law is violated”, it must also show that this has a negative impact on the Union budget.
• A closed and homogeneous list should list the cases in which the procedure can be started. In other words, the accepted list cannot be expanded or supplemented. This the list can only contain specific details, not general shortcomings.
• Before any procedure is initiated, a thorough dialogue should be established with the Member State concerned, allowing it to remedy any deficiencies.
• It is the sole responsibility of the Commission to determine whether action is really needed and you must make it clear that you are making a decision based on your own information or information received from a third party. Clearly, this point is about making the influence of Soros’ organizations transparent, so that Soros and his people cannot secretly lobby.
• This is reinforced by the fact that the Commission is fully responsible for the accuracy and relevance of its findings and the information on which they are based.
• The measures adopted shall be reviewed at the initiative of the Member State concerned within a maximum period of one year. If the Commission does not intend to repeal the measures, it will state the reasons.
• If the Member State concerned so requests, the matter will be placed on the agenda of the European Council and a consensus will be sought.
• The regulation is closely related to the new budget and will therefore enter into force on January 1, 2021, and the measures can only cover budget commitments related to the new multiannual financial framework.

What has Hungary achieved?

With the agreement drawn up

Hungary and Poland are forcing Brussels to abide by the treaties.

It was clearly stated that The regulation aims to protect the EU budget against fraud, corruption and conflicts of interest, and should not apply to vague political principles such as immigration or the adoption of a gender ideology. The agreement clearly obliges Brussels to respect the sovereignty, national identity and powers of the countries.

The agreement also makes clear that the violation of the so-called “rule of law” alone cannot be initiated, as these issues are already addressed in the seven-week article and in the proceedings initiated on its behalf.

It is also a great achievement that Hungary and Poland can challenge the regulation before the Court of Justice of the European Communities, and the Commission cannot make any proposals until the court has ruled.

The agreement offers clear guarantees against political abuse.

Vague general deficiencies cannot be invoked. Specific violations need to be identified, potential violations should be listed in advance; what is not on the list cannot be counted.

Under no circumstances should the list include items that are not related to the EU budget, in particular political expectations related to migration or gender issues.

It is also important that this procedure can only be used after the committee has exhausted all other options. In other words, the governments of Hungary and Poland are forcing Brussels to abide by their own rules on this issue as well.

It is important that the European Commission bears full political responsibility for the measures it proposes. In other words, what has happened regularly in Brussels in recent years cannot happen, with George Soros and his organizations lobbying in secret meetings with various commissioners to make decisions in their favor.

Another important result is that, although the regulation can be modified by a qualified majority, the conclusions of the European Council should continue to be adopted unanimously.

It is a particularly important result that the possibility of repair has been maintained: i.e.

Until the Court of Justice of the European Union rules on the objections, nothing can be accepted.

This is expected to take a year and a half. After that, a decision can only be made in the case of irregularities related to the EU budget, despite the fact that Brussels tried to include issues related to migration and gender ideology, which was rejected by the governments of Hungary and Poland.

Hungary and Poland won completely

in the case, according to our sources, no more could have been achieved, no stronger text could have been adopted.

The agreement has legal relevance because it will be included in the minutes of the meeting when the Council adopts the regulations. Furthermore, it represents a strong political commitment and cannot be ignored by any political actor.

The conclusions of the European Council will be adopted unanimously and can only be modified unanimously, yet.