Expiring emergency migration laws could be key to unlocking Hungary's EU fines

Hungarian Prime Minister Peter Maya has clarified his position on Budapest immigration policy and the fines imposed by the European Union's Court of Justice under the Viktor Orban government. Maya, who was called on European counterparts to resolve the fine, but vowed to keep his predecessor's contested migration policy in place, said his argument is based on the fact that the ruling was issued in a completely different context. Maya asked the Commission as well as the Council and the President of the European People's Party to help find a legal solution that would allow Hungary to neither have to comply with the standards put in effect five years ago, nor lose significant EU funding as a result. We are talking about something completely different. In that case, it may only be necessary to impose a fine for one day, then the fine will be paid, the fine of 1 million euros will be abolished, and the next day the same strict, slightly different regulation will be imposed. Our goal is, and I can tell you this, and in the coming months there will be final decisions as to why, to have the same strict regulation, not to have a single illegal migration to Hungary, and not to have to pay the fine of 1 million euros a day, because this is unfair and unjust. The Hungarian Prime Minister said migration will be the main topic of the European Council's October meeting, and he was striving to ensure that a political decision is reached on the matter at the time.