Why the rule of law link to EU funds is unlikely to make a real difference0

• EU Governance and Politics, Op-ed, Social and Economic Policy
• 07/05/2019

The emphasis on rule of law in the next EU budget framework (2021-2027) is a first step in addressing the risk of corruption in the Visegrad Four (Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia). It is likely that a soft coercive mechanism will be chosen in on-going negotiations due to its political soundness and will not be effective in targeting the corruption cycle as a whole.