[Interview] MEP Daniel Freund warns Slovakia anti-corruption purge can cost millions: ‘If EU funds aren’t safe, stop them’

A veteran watchdog of the rule of law in Hungary, German Green MEP Daniel Freund warns that Slovakia is now going down a similar path. He said the EU Commission must trigger the conditionality mechanism immediately to protect EU taxpayer money from being funnelled into private interests, to avoid repeating the mistakes of the past, where it took over a decade to penalise Hungary.