nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20201209-190601-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 201209s2020||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20201209-190601-0 doi eng 342 23 Luckner, Johannes Graf von Author aut A Novel “Reinforced Cooperation” in the EU The viable option of a NextGenEU without Poland and Hungary Luckner, Johannes Graf von Verfassungsblog 2020-12-09 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier After years of passiveness about the eroding rule of law in several of its Member States (MS), the Union paved the way for a conditionality mechanism, binding the disbursement of EU funds to rule of law criteria. The Polish and Hungarian vetoes against the mechanism could be circumvented if “reinforced cooperation” was to mean “enhanced cooperation”. It could be a solution for Member States to get most of the advantages of NextGenEU without sacrificing a rule of law conditionality or their reinforced sense of solidarity. funded by the government CC BY-SA 4.0 Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://staging.verfassungsblog.de/a-novel-reinforced-cooperation-in-the-eu/ raw object