The European Fee announced on Wednesday it’s going to transfer to subtract Hungary’s 200 million euro high quality from the nation’s EU funds, European Fee spokesperson Balazs Ujvari confirmed.
This choice was made after Hungary failed to satisfy the second deadline for the fee of the high quality imposed by the Court docket of Justice of the European Union (CJEU). The European Fee seeks to use the “off-setting” process. which grants this establishment the facility to scale back the share of the EU price range allotted to Hungary.
Within the 2020 CJEU case Commission v Hungary, the courtroom discovered that Hungary’s migrant coverage and requirements for the reception of asylum seekers had been opposite to EU legislation. Due to this, the courtroom’s Grand Chamber obligated Hungary to meet its obligation as a Member of the European Union.
Underneath Article 260(2) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), the Fee can carry a case earlier than the courtroom when it believes a member state has did not adjust to a earlier judgment. On this case, the Fee introduced a case earlier than the courtroom of the EU, which delivered a judgment in June 2024. Right here the courtroom established the failure of Hungary to adjust to the choice in Fee v Hungary. Apart from this, the courtroom imposed a penalty fee of EUR 100 000 per day till compliance, and a lump sum of 200 million euros, which Hungary has now did not pay.
Hungary has been vital of this EU choice. Prime Minister of Hungary Viktor Orbán has printed on X (former Twitter) numerous statements criticizing EU asylum insurance policies and the courtroom’s high quality. For instance, Orbán supported the information of the Dutch plan searching for to choose out of EU asylum guidelines. He additionally mentioned “Germany is introducing border controls to cease migrants, in the meantime, Hungary is punished for defending the exterior borders of the EU. That is political chaos!,” referring to the fines.
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