Disputes between the European Union and high-spending member nations about the size of their budget deficits are resuming, after the bloc resurrected financial regulations it suspended because of the novel coronavirus pandemic.

The reactivation of the 27-member bloc’s financial rules means eight countries will now be subjected to the EU’s Excessive Deficit Procedure.

Belgium, France, Hungary, Italy, Malta, Poland, and Slovakia will be put on the special measures that previously had only applied to Romania.

Romania has also been accused of failing to respond to…