Why concessions to Orbán will come back to bite EU

Meanwhile, the European Parliament is threatening to take the European Commission to court for its decision linked to the disbursement of €10bn cohesion funds for Hungary in December.

With the support of the Socialists & Democrats, the centre-right European People's Party, liberal Renew Europe, the Greens and The Left, MEPs are expected to approve a resolution on Thursday calling for a parliamentary inquiry into the legality of the commission's decision and urging the EU council to strip Hungary's voting rights [Ed: article 7 procedure].