Hungary refuses to pay fines for breaking EU asylum rules. Brussels …
WEB2 days ago · BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union on Wednesday began the process of clawing back hundreds of millions of euros in funds meant to go Hungary after its ant-migrant government refused to pay a huge fine for breaking the bloc’s asylum rules.. In June, the EU’s top court ordered Hungary to pay 200 million euros ($223 million) for persistently depriving migrants of their right to apply for ...
EU slashes €200mn of budget payments to Hungary - Financial …
WEB2 days ago · Brussels has said it will deduct €200mn from EU budget payments to Hungary, increasing tensions with Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s government over its approach to immigration. The move by the ...
EU vows retaliation if Hungary sends buses of migrants to Brussels
WEBSep 10, 2024 · Hungary’s State Secretary Bence Rétvári, right, and National Deputy Chief of Police Janos Kuczik hold a joint press conference at the bus station of Nepliget, Budapest, Hungary, Friday Sept. 6, 2024, backdropped by a row of passenger buses with illuminated signs reading “Röszke-Brussels” — a route that would take migrants from Hungary’s southern border with Serbia to the EU ...
Belgium rejects Hungary's 'provocation' to bus migrants to Brussels
WEBSep 9, 2024 · The showdown between Budapest and Brussels over migration policy and the rule of law is quickly escalating. The Belgian government on Monday came forcefully against Hungary's intended plan to bus ...
EU vows retaliation if Hungary sends buses of migrants to Brussels
WEBSep 10, 2024 · BRUSSELS -- Hungary’s threat to send a bus convoy of migrants to Brussels in protest against European Union policies is unacceptable and would prompt EU retaliatory action, the bloc’s powerful executive branch warned on Tuesday.
Brussels mayor vows to block migrant buses if Hungary
WEBSep 12, 2024 · Brussels mayor Philippe Close has censured Hungary's plan to bus illegal migrants from the Hungarian-Serbian border to the Belgian capital, saying that the Belgian authorities stand ready to block ...
Belgium's top migration official criticizes Hungary for threatening …
WEBSep 9, 2024 · Hungary’s State Secretary Bence Rétvári, right, and National Deputy Chief of Police Janos Kuczik hold a joint press conference at the bus station of Nepliget, Budapest, Hungary, Friday Sept. 6, 2024, backdropped by a row of passenger buses with illuminated signs reading “Röszke-Brussels” — a route that would take migrants from ...
Belgium slams Hungarian plan to bus asylum seekers to Brussels
WEBSeptember 9, 2024 7:59 pm CET. By Csongor Körömi. Belgian Foreign Minister and incoming EU Commissioner Hadja Lahbib has slammed Hungary’s plan to send buses of asylum seekers to Brussels. The announcement was made by Budapest several weeks ago but only caught the attention of the minister on Monday. Lahbib called it …
Brussels threatens to hit Hungary’s economy if Viktor Orbán …
WEBJan 28, 2024 · The EU will sabotage Hungary’s economy if Budapest blocks fresh aid to Ukraine at a summit this week, under a confidential plan drawn up by Brussels that marks a significant escalation in the...
Hungary refuses to pay fines for breaking EU asylum rules. Brussels …
WEB2 days ago · Hungary refuses to pay fines for breaking EU asylum rules. Brussels is taking the money anyway. The European Union has begun the process of clawing back hundreds of millions of euros in funds ...
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