Posted on 12/15/2025 10:19:55 AM PST by MtnClimber
Hungarian Justice Minister Bence Tuzson said Budapest “will not allow Brussels to force it to accept migrants.”
Hungary has filed a lawsuit against the European Court of Justice (ECJ) over migration-related fines requested by Brussels, Justice Minister Bence Tuzson announced on Monday, December 15th, describing the move as an “unprecedented step in EU history.”
According to the minister, Hungary had already amended its rules following a 2020 ECJ ruling on transit zones. Despite these changes, he said, the European Commission continued to push for sanctions in order to force a change in Hungary’s migration policy and took the case back to the Court in a politically motivated decision.
The proceedings resulted in what Tuzson described as a penalty without precedent in the European Union: a lump sum fine of €200 million and a daily fine of €1 million, both deducted from funds due to Hungary. He stressed that the Court imposed a lump sum 29 times higher and a daily fine 61 times higher than what had been requested by the Commission.
The Hungarian government cannot appeal the ECJ’s 2024 judgement, as it is a binding ruling. It is instead launching a damages action, arguing that the Court had disregarded a number of EU rules and principles, thus causing damage to a member state. Under the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, in such cases the institution is obliged to provide compensation, Tuzson explained.
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