EU court calls for dismissal of Hungary-Poland challenge

By RAF CASERT
Associated Press

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s highest court has advised that the principle of linking the bloc’s budget disbursements to respect for rule of law is compatible with EU law and that a challenge by Hungary and Poland should be dismissed. The right-wing governments of both nations argued that such a decision lacked the proper legal basis. Both nations are large recipients of EU funds. They have come under criticism and have been accused for years of veering away from the Western principles of the respect for rule of law in their nations. The advice of the court Thursday precedes a full court decision that is expected within the coming months.