BREAKING: The EU wants a 15-year probation period for new members. Proposed today by the European Commission. Even after joining, a country could lose EU funding. In the worst cases, it could lose its Council voting rights. The trigger: serious breaches of rule of law, EU values, or "sincere cooperation." Enlargement Commissioner Marta Kos put it bluntly: "No more Viktor Orbán." Here's the mechanism. Today's tool, Article 7, needs unanimity to strip voting rights. That's why Hungary never lost its vote. The new safeguard works by qualified majority. 15 of 27 states, 65% of the EU population. Much easier to trigger. It's time-limited on purpose. Kos: "If this would be unlimited, we would have first and second-class members." Critics say that's exactly what it creates. Frontrunners: Montenegro, Albania, Moldova, Ukraine. The money side matters most. The plan also limits farm support. It targets Ukraine's huge agricultural sector. And new treaties would bar members from using vetoes over bilateral disputes. Orbán recently reversed Hungary's support for a €90,000,000,000 EU loan package for Ukraine. That's the standoff this is built to prevent. It isn't law. Accession treaties need all 27 current members to agree. French and Czech voters are skeptical. The Commission had already pushed a "membership first, reforms later" plan for Ukraine. Member states rejected it. Brussels wants new members in. It also wants a way to switch them off.