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“Stuck in the middle with you”, the case for keeping illiberal Hungary and Poland within the EU (for now)
Kees Cath
Poland and Hungary’s threatening to block the EU budget because of the link between the Multi-Annual Financial Framework (MFF) and the rule of law, in combination with their continued undermining of the rule of law domestically has led to a debate on whether these countries should remain in the EU. In this post PhD student Kees Cath argues that working towards expulsion would not be appropriate at this point.
The opinions expressed in this article are the author’s own point of view.
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