nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20201121-003407-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 201120s2020||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20201121-003407-0 doi eng 342 23 Halmai, Gábor Author aut So It Goes – Part II Halmai, Gábor Verfassungsblog 2020-11-20 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier This week, the Hungarian and Polish governments vetoed the critical elements of the European Multi-Annual Financial Framework and Recovery Fund that required the unanimous consent of European Union Member States. Prime Minister Orbán had been threatening this veto ever since the European Commission proposed to link the distribution of these funds to comply with the rule of law. The Brussels veto this week coincided with a domestic legal blitz in Budapest as a major constitutional amendment, and a flurry of new laws and decrees appeared all at once. The two legal events are related. funded by the government CC BY-SA 4.0 Corruption Electoral Law Fraud Viktor Orban Mészáros, Gábor Author aut Scheppele, Kim Lane Author aut Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://staging.verfassungsblog.de/so-it-goes-part-ii/ raw object