Hungary will seek reimbursement of border police costs from the European Union, and is even prepared to file a lawsuit to this end, Hungarian cabinet minister Gergely Gulyás said at the weekly government press briefing.
“We will also demand reimbursement of border policing costs from the Commission during the negotiations. The Ministry of Justice is also conducting preparatory work here. We want to receive these costs from the Commission by legal means, so we are even prepared to sue the European Commission,” said Gulyás.
The government has given a mandate to János Bóka, minister for European Union affairs, to negotiate with the European Commission, on the judgment condemning Hungary over migration.
The minister said that “there are some cornerstones that the government cannot and does not want to cross,” such as the decision of the Hungarian people in the referendum.
“No one can be resettled in Hungary against the will of the Hungarian people,” the minister said.
He noted that he will not let Brussels’ double standards on border protection stand.
Gulyás reiterated a threat that Hungary will send buses with migrants to Brussels.
“We will continue to protect the borders from illegal immigrants. Illegal immigrants will not enter Europe through Hungary and through the southern border of Schengen. Those who receive political asylum under the rule of law procedure in accordance with EU rules, and on the basis of their voluntary decision, are offered a one-way, free trip to Brussels.”
The government will demand reimbursement of border police costs from the Commission, and we want to enforce this through legal action, including a lawsuit against the European Commission.
Gulyás reminded that in 2015, the Hungarian Prime Minister warned that if Brussels does not enforce Community law, the Schengen agreement, and does not oblige Member States protecting their external borders to effectively protect their borders, Schengen will collapse.
“Migration is destroying Schengen, Germany is destroying Schengen,” Gergely Gulyás said, referring to the introduction of border controls at Germany’s borders on 16 September.
