Opinion: Hungary and Poland win at Merkel s last EU summit
Fellow EU leaders gave in to Poland and Hungary on rule of law in order to save the EU budget and coronavirus stimulus package, DW s Barbara Wesel writes.
Angela Merkel and fellow EU leaders compromised on Rule of Law to pass the budget
It was predictable that Chancellor Angela Merkel would want to prevent the EU s unity from being undermined under her watch during the last weeks of what has been a rough turn at the presidency of the Council of the European Union for Germany. Merkel s first instinct is usually to keep the flock together.