Orbán’s cabinet will not back down in the migration quota case

“The Government will not back down in the quota case and has also made this absolutely clear in its reply to the European Commission”, the Ministry of Justice’s Minister of State for European and International Judicial Cooperation declared at a press conference in Budapest on Wednesday.

Krisztián Kecsmár highlighted: “Hungary has previously attacked the quota resolution at the European Court of Justice and a ruling is expected in the case in early September, and accordingly it is questionable why the Commission had to launch infringement proceedings with regard to not conforming to the quota resolution without waiting for the ruling to be issued”.

“In its reply to the Commission’s opinion, the Government objected to the application of double standards and the unusually short deadline”, the Minster of State said.

“The Government mentioned double standards in its reply because despite the fact that practically no member state is conforming to the quota resolution, proceedings have only been launched against three of them”, he explained. “Member states that have voted to become involved in the quota case as parties with opposing interests are also not implementing the resolution, yet no infringement proceedings have been initiated against them”, he pointed out.