copying mr orban is, i think, not in the interests of poland and the polish society and the polish citizens to say something to you. so, how should the eu respond? leaders know that punitive measures risk pushing the two countries away. but ignoring their behaviour contravenes everything that the union represents. its strongest card is to suspend poland's voting rights in eu summits but it needs hungary to see that through and as an ally of poland, hungary has already promised a veto. after his landslide, viktor orban was emboldened to take his message to the eu, telling it to give up its "delusional nightmares" of a the united states of europe and to change its thinking on migration. so far, the eu's disciplinary measures have fallen on deaf ears. it may now choose to withhold funding from member states which don't keep to the rules. in poland, eu money makes up 61% of infrastructure spending and 55% in hungary. would this curb the two countries? and set an example to potential future member states? or could it cement the east—west rift rocking the very foundations on which the eu was buil