EU: Poland, Hungary should ask EU top court on rule of law

BRUSSELS (AP) — The EU’s top official advised Hungary and Poland Wednesday to take their objections to a proposed mechanism linking the bloc’s money to respect of the rule of law to the European Court of Justice — instead of blocking a 1.8 trillion-euro ($2.1 trillion) budget and coronavirus recovery package. The deal for the big-money 2021-2027 long-term budget and aid was set to enter into force in January but Hungary and Poland vetoed it…