Posted on 06/19/2017 10:34:23 PM PDT by Mr. Mojo
The European Union launched legal action Tuesday against Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic over their refusal to take refugees.
The case stems from a decision to relocate 160,000 migrants proportionally across the EU. Hungary and Poland have refused to take a single refugee under the plan while the Czech Republic let in 12.
EU is now launching infringement procedures, arguing the three countries are violating their obligations as member states.
“Regrettably, despite … repeated calls, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland, in breach of their legal obligations stemming … and their commitments to Greece, Italy and other member states, have not yet taken the necessary action,” the European Commission said in a statement. “Against this background … the Commission has decided to launch infringement procedures against these three Member States.”
The European Court of Justice will decided whether the countries failed to meet their obligations. A financial penalty may be imposed if the countries continue to refuse the quotas after a ruling in favor of the EU.
Czech Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka said his country has no intention to reverse its immigration policies any time soon.
“With regard to the worsened security situation in Europe and dysfunctionality of the quota system, it will not participate in it,” Sobotka said after EU’s announcement, according to Reuters.
Time for Pexit, Hexit and Czexit.
Bless those 3 countries; they should try to tie it up in the courts forever, then pay a penalty as a last resort. Seems worth it.
Obviously, they remember.
Good for them. No more money going to Brussels. 😁
Huh? Why? Just leave.
They are sovereign countries! They should simply repudiate the EU, which is also what GB should do, but they don't have the balls.
Yes, that would be great. It seems like the EU presumes the ability to take a country to task and cause it problems if they don’t toe the globalist line.
[breach of their legal obligations]
Like GERMANY’S failure to pay the UNITED STATES for it’s NATO obligations?
So how’s that EU cluster #!%@ working out?
For quartering large bodies of armed troops among us:
He is at this time transporting large Armies of foreign Mercenaries to compleat the works of death, desolation, and tyranny, already begun with circumstances of Cruelty & Perfidy scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages, and totally unworthy the Head of a civilized nation.
A financial penalty may be imposed
hahahahahahahahahahaha!
The should say, well if you want to sue us, maybe we just leave then...
:Proud to be Polish, Hungarian, and Czech (Bohemian) !!!
And where in the EU are the least terror attacks happening, pray tell?
Very proud to be of Hungarian descent ( and part of the Czech Republic was part of Hungary, when some of my ancestors lived there )and hooray for Poland too!
European UNaccountables.
UNaccountable bureaucrats are socialists.
I am cautiously optimistic about the EU fixing itself as I see how sick people everywhere have gotten of their bullshit. Just need to get rid of that drunkard Juncker and his gang.
Unlike the UK the countries of Poland, Hungary and Czech Republic are too small even together to be a force to be reckoned with, so fixing the EU is in their vital interest.
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