No worries, russia can cough it up OH WAIT THEY’RE BROKE TOO
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Orban around and find out
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>As retaliation, his government has threatened to bus migrants to Belgium “voluntarily” and “free of charge,” something that would constitute an unprecedented case of instrumentalised migration by one member state against another.
I hope he does it and gets more dickish and belligerent.
Because it would force the EU to *finally actually do something* against the dictator and his party. Such as finally using Article 7 to take away the damn voting rights and thus the veto.
Sad that one has to hope for provocation to finally spur action, instead of simply fighting autocrats being the right thing to do.
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We can’t wait for the buses with illegal migrants being sent from Hungary to Brussels in response. That’ll be one massive, chaotic spectacle.
> The European Commission has triggered a special procedure to deduct the €200 million fine that the European Court of Justice has imposed on Hungary over the country's long-standing restrictions on the right to asylum.
> "In theory, any payments can be looked at, nothing is excluded, but obviously this will take a bit of time, we need to identify what's coming up and identity payments that can absorb the fine concerned."In parallel, Hungary is facing a €1 million fine for each day it continues disregarding the ECJ ruling and maintains the restrictions on asylum rights, which the court had described as an "Unprecedented and exceptionally serious breach of EU law."Budapest has to explain what measures, if any, it has introduced to abide by the judgment.
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Oh noooo the consequences of my actions
No worries, russia can cough it up OH WAIT THEY’RE BROKE TOO
Orban around and find out
>As retaliation, his government has threatened to bus migrants to Belgium “voluntarily” and “free of charge,” something that would constitute an unprecedented case of instrumentalised migration by one member state against another.
I hope he does it and gets more dickish and belligerent.
Because it would force the EU to *finally actually do something* against the dictator and his party. Such as finally using Article 7 to take away the damn voting rights and thus the veto.
Sad that one has to hope for provocation to finally spur action, instead of simply fighting autocrats being the right thing to do.
We can’t wait for the buses with illegal migrants being sent from Hungary to Brussels in response. That’ll be one massive, chaotic spectacle.
This is the best tl;dr I could make, [original](https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2024/09/18/brussels-moves-to-deduct-200-million-fine-from-hungarys-eu-funds-as-country-refuses-to-pay) reduced by 75%. (I’m a bot)
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> 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.
> The European Commission has triggered a special procedure to deduct the €200 million fine that the European Court of Justice has imposed on Hungary over the country's long-standing restrictions on the right to asylum.
> "In theory, any payments can be looked at, nothing is excluded, but obviously this will take a bit of time, we need to identify what's coming up and identity payments that can absorb the fine concerned."In parallel, Hungary is facing a €1 million fine for each day it continues disregarding the ECJ ruling and maintains the restrictions on asylum rights, which the court had described as an "Unprecedented and exceptionally serious breach of EU law."Budapest has to explain what measures, if any, it has introduced to abide by the judgment.
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They’re just going to have to go Hungary for a while then weren’t they?
Why is EU still gifting Hungary with €€€? What should they do to EU start acting? To eat babies alive?