EU SUMMIT: Devil in the Details for Poland & Hungary

• All EU members must still agree to Pol/Hun compromise terms before concluding the matter.
• Compromise sees RoL only applied to new outlays from EU with implementation only occurring after the ECJ has weighed in.
• Risks still remain around today's meeting.
• Final construction of wording of any solution could prove key for further steps to limit funding on RoL grounds, insiders warn.

Mechanisms which could delay implementation include:

• waiting for ECJ rulings
• implementing only from 2021-2027 budget framework
• building a list of conditions required before the Commission could block any payments
• Sides also haggling over scope, balancing EU Treaty articles on protecting EU finances with those protecting home rule