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Hungary v European Parliament

Hearings

European Union

16 Feb 2022 (Case C-156/21); EU:C:2021:974; EU:C:2022:97; [2023] 4 WLR 32; [2022] WLR(D) 138, ECJ (GC) (President K Lenaerts, Vice-President L Bay Larsen, Presidents of Chambers A Arabadjiev, A Prechal, K Jürimäe, C Lycourgos, E Regan, S Rodin, I Jarukaitis, N Jääskinen, I Ziemele, J Passer, Judges M Ilešič, J-C Bonichot, M Safjan, F Biltgen, PG Xuereb, N Piçarra, LS Rossi, A Kumin, N Wahl, D Gratsias, ML Arastey Sahún, M Gavalec, Z Csehi, Advocate General M Campos Sánchez-Bordona)

Subject Matter

EUROPEAN UNION — Scope of European Union law — Rule of law — Member States’ breaches of rule of law affecting financial interests of European Union — European Union Regulation enabling receipt of financing from EU budget subject to horizontal conditionality linked to respect by member state for value of rule of law — Member State applying to annul Regulation — Whether European Union having competence to adopt Regulation — Whether Regulation breaching principle of certainty — EU Treaty, arts 2, 7 — FEU Treaty, arts 269, 322(1)(a) — Parliament and Council Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2020/2092

(Case C-156/21); EU:C:2021:974; EU:C:2022:97; [2023] 4 WLR 32; [2022] WLR(D) 138, ECJ (GC)

Commentary

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