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EU’s democratic safeguards on financial aid fall short, auditors say

Brussels, Belgium Reuters EU conditions for ensuring rule of law among member states before they can receive financial aid are not strong enough to completely rule out a backsliding in democracy, the 27-nation bloc’s auditors said on Wednesday.  The European Union has tightened democratic safeguards on payouts from the bloc’s shared budget in recent years […]