Hungary's parliament passed a constitutional amendment on Monday removing president Tamás Sulyok, an Orbán loyalist, in the post-Orbán government's most concrete move to dismantle the old system.
EU finance ministers are set to approve Hungary's revised recovery plan, the last legal step before releasing €10 billion frozen over corruption concerns. But approval is not a payout — here is the machinery that turns a Council vote into an actual transfer, and what could still jam it.
MEPs have called for a tougher line on Serbia as rule-of-law problems stall its membership talks. But the Parliament cannot open or close a chapter — that power lies with the 27 governments in the Council, acting by unanimity. Here is who decides, by what procedure, and what would have to change before negotiations resume.