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EU Leadership Poised To Cut Funds For ‘Illiberal’ Member States As Election Fight Heats Up

FROM 01/22/2019 | Urdu Point

BY Fahad Shabbir

The European Parliament approved last week the European Commission’s idea to make the bloc’s funding conditional on respect for the union’s values, fueling the EU-wide tensions running high ahead of the European parliament election. The commission’s plan was given a go-ahead by the European Parliament in a 397-158 vote on Thursday. The parliament, however, added a safety net to prevent end-users of funds such […]

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