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EU court set to rule on Hungary, Poland rule-of-law challenge
By EUobserver
The European Court of Justice will rule on 16 February on the legality of the new mechanism linking EU funds to respect for the rule of law, which was challenged by Poland and Hungary last year. The tool has been threatened against Budapest and Warsaw where governments oversaw a decline in EU democratic standards. The court's adviser ruled last month that their challenges should be rejected.