EU to Enforce €200 Million Fine From Hungary
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 meant to go Hungary.
Hungary's Orban says EU must pay for Hungary's border protection costs
The European Commission must reimburse Hungary's huge costs of protecting the European Union's external border from illegal migration, Prime Minister Viktor Orban told state radio on Friday. "Hungary must be reimbursed for the very significant amount which border protection has cost us,
EU to Enforce €200 Million Fine From Hungary in Asylum Spat
The European Union said it will deduct €200 million ($222 million) from its next payments to Hungary after the country failed to pay a fine imposed for its asylum policies before the expiration of a Tuesday deadline.
Brussels moves to deduct €200 million fine from Hungary's EU funds, as country refuses to pay up
Budapest will soon be deprived of a share of its EU funds for refusing to pay the fine imposed by the European Court of Justice.
EU slashes €200mn of budget payments to Hungary
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’s top court comes a day after Budapest missed a deadline to pay a fine of the same value for breaking EU asylum laws.
EU Moves To Withhold Hungary Funds Over Unpaid Asylum Fine
The EU said on Wednesday it was moving to withhold 200 million euros ($222 million) earmarked for Hungary, after Budapest failed to pay an equivalent fine for violating asylum rules.
European Commission to collect 200 million euro fine from Hungary
The European Commission announced on Wednesday it will move to subtract Hungary's 200 million euro fine from the country's EU funds, European Commission spokesperson Balazs Ujvari confirmed. This
EU to withhold €200 million from Hungary over asylum fine
The EU Commission says it will withhold funds for Hungary after Budapest failed to pay a fine for violating asylum rules. Prime Minister Viktor Orban's nationalist Fidesz government has taken a hard l
Viktor Orban suffers blow as Hungary to miss out on €200m in EU funds after missing major deadline
Hungary will soon be deprived of a share of its EU funds for refusing to pay a fine imposed in a blow to Viktor Orban's regime. The European Commission has triggered a special procedure to deduct the €200million fine that the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has imposed on Hungary over the country's long-standing restrictions on the right to
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