EU court challenge mounted by Poland & Hungary over budget law amid bloc’s probe into alleged media crackdowns

Hungary and Poland

Hungary and Poland have filed complaints with the European Court of Justice (ECJ) over a new EU regulation allowing the 27-state bloc to withhold funding from member countries deemed to be bending the rule of law.

The legal challenges, filed by the two EU nations on Thursday, are a bid to slow down the application of the regulation until after the ECJ has ruled on the matter, which could take up to two years.

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