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EU: Michel sets up prospect for budget conditionality to ensure funding is only
distributed to countries honouring the rule of law.
- Proposes increase in funding for European Public Prosecutor's office in order
to maintain rule of law in member states.
- A not-so-veiled threat to countries such as Poland and Hungary, whose gov'ts
have caused major ructions with Brussels over laws related to judicial reforms
and LGBT rights. 
- Previously only Article 7 of the Lisbon treaty could be used to discipline
member states, but the new rules and observance measures could see a swifter
removal of structural funding from nations going against EU values. 

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