{"id":2127504,"date":"2026-09-03T14:26:39","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T11:26:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2127504"},"modified":"2026-09-03T14:26:39","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T11:26:39","slug":"expiring-emergency-migration-laws-could-be-key-to-unlocking-hungarys-eu-fines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2127504","title":{"rendered":"Expiring emergency migration laws could be key to unlocking Hungary&#8217;s EU fines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/89\/97\/00\/1200x675_cmsv2_544638f0-7458-521c-8c31-a20871c0b8e1-9899700.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article id=\"abe-2920078-pos1-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-1 m-modeDesktop-1 m-modeXL-1\" data-nid=\"2920078\" data-cid=\"9886285\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<figure id=\"abe-2920078-label-pos1-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"the-media-object__image\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/88\/62\/85\/189x106_cmsv2_37adb17e-701c-587d-87a7-9bb3f5219622-9886285.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. 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migration laws could be key to unlocking Hungary&#8217;s EU fines<\/h1>\n<div class=\"c-article-image-video u-position-relative \">\n<div class=\"js-superdiv u-aspect-ratio-16x9 u-position-relative \" data-controller=\"video-player\" data-sponsored=\"Partner content\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"js-poster-img c-article-media__img\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/89\/97\/00\/1536x864_cmsv2_544638f0-7458-521c-8c31-a20871c0b8e1-9899700.jpg\" width=\"1536\" height=\"864\" loading=\"eager\" alt=\"FILE - Hungarian soldiers put up razor wire on top of a fence on the border with Serbia, in Asotthalom, Hungary, on 31 August 2015.\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"c-article-caption u-position-absolute\"><i id=\"article-caption-content\" class=\"c-article-caption__content\"><span class=\"c-article-caption__text\"><br \/>\n              FILE &#8211; Hungarian soldiers put up razor wire on top of a fence on the border with Serbia, in Asotthalom, Hungary, on 31 August 2015.<br \/>\n                    <span class=\"u-color-white\">&#8211;\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"c-article-caption__copyright\">Copyright\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"c-article-caption__credit\">AP Photo<\/span><\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<div class=\"c-article-image-copyright c-article-image-copyright--novideo\">\n      Copyright\u00a0AP Photo\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"h-grid o-article-newsy__main__body u-article-content\">\n<div class=\"o-article-newsy__contributors-publication-date\">\n<div class=\"c-article-contributors\">\n  By&amp;nbspSandor Zsiros\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-article-publication-date\" data-timestamp=\"1788445599\">\n                    Published on                 <time datetime=\"2026-09-03 16:26:39 +02:00\">03\/09\/2026 &#8211; 16:26 GMT+2<\/time><span class=\"c-article-publication-date__bullet\">\u2022<\/span>Updated<br \/>\n                                     <time datetime=\"18:09\">18:09<\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div 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Commission.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"c-ad u-show-for-mobile-only\">\n<div class=\"c-ad__placeholder\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-ad__placeholder__logo\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/logos\/logo-euronews-stacked-outlined-72x72-grey-9.svg\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" alt loading=\"lazy\"><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-ad u-show-for-desktop\">\n<div class=\"c-ad__placeholder\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-ad__placeholder__logo\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/logos\/logo-euronews-stacked-outlined-72x72-grey-9.svg\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" alt loading=\"lazy\"><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The move would not require Prime Minister P\u00e9ter Magyar to soften Hungary&#8217;s migration policy, Euronews understands \u2013 an idea he has repeatedly stressed as a non-starter even as he pushes Brussels to lift the penalty.<\/p>\n<p>Hungary has lost \u20ac910m since the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled in 2024 that Viktor Orb\u00e1n&#8217;s government had persistently failed to apply EU standards in its treatment of asylum seekers.<\/p>\n<p>In the aftermath of the 2015\u201316 migration crisis, Hungary effectively barred asylum seekers from lodging claims on its territory by erecting a fence along its border with Serbia, building prison-like transit zones, and pushing migrants back into Serbia. Budapest also declared that asylum seekers must apply for international protection while still in Serbia.<\/p>\n<p>Magyar, who succeeded Orb\u00e1n after April&#8217;s elections, has called on European counterparts to resolve the fine, but vowed to keep his predecessor&#8217;s contested migration policy in place.<\/p>\n<p>The two measures under scrutiny are the &#8220;state of crisis due to mass migration&#8221;, renewed roughly every six months since 2015 and used to deviate from several EU legal provisions \u2013 due to expire on 7 September unless extended \u2013 and a separate 2025 law requiring asylum seekers to register their intent at a Hungarian embassy abroad before applying in-country, which is set to lapse at the end of the year.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s a very difficult thing,&#8221; Magyar said at a press conference on Thursday. &#8220;It&#8217;s something that tests lawyers. It might just be necessary for something to come into effect for one day, then we tick this off, the one million euro fine is abolished, and then the next day an equally strict, slightly differently functioning regulation comes into effect.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The prospect that both measures could be allowed to expire is seen by some in Brussels as a potential step forward.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s for Hungary and the court to see what can be done,&#8221; said European Commission spokesperson Markus Lammert. &#8220;What we can do from the Commission&#8217;s side is engage closely with the Hungarian authorities on the matter.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We expect an early resolution of the suspension of the \u20ac1m-per-day fine imposed under the previous Hungarian government,&#8221; Magyar said on Wednesday, following a meeting in Budapest with European Council President Ant\u00f3nio Costa. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I emphasised that, in light of what happened in Ceuta this summer, Hungary will continue to maintain the necessary legal environment and physical border closure to stem illegal migration.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Magyar also met European People&#8217;s Party leader Manfred Weber to discuss the matter, and called for the fines to be reimbursed through the EU&#8217;s next seven-year budget.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We expect our efforts to be recognised at the European level,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<h2>Doubts remain<\/h2>\n<p>Even so, experts remain doubtful this would be enough to halt the fines.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Amending the migration-related laws adopted in 2015\u201316 would have been an opportunity to avoid the fines,&#8221; EU law expert Tam\u00e1s Lattmann told Euronews. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The only way to place any kind of cap on the fines would have been for the government, at the moment the provisions of the Migration Pact entered into force, to declare that Hungarian law and EU standards were now aligned on key points \u2013 meaning the underlying legal violation had ceased, and the penalty clock would stop running. But that did not happen.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The EU&#8217;s Migration Pact, designed to strengthen external borders and share responsibility for asylum seekers among member states, entered into force over the summer, but Magyar has rejected its application in Hungary.<\/p>\n<p>He has also repeatedly called on the EU to reimburse the fines already paid, a request that is technically and legally unworkable. Following the ECJ ruling, the fines accrued were deducted directly from funds earmarked for Hungary.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I find it quite shameless that Magyar wants reimbursement of fines for a violation of EU law that has not been resolved at all,&#8221; said Tineke Strik, the Dutch Green MEP who serves as the European Parliament&#8217;s rapporteur for Hungary. &#8220;Granting reimbursement of fines imposed by the court would also mean the EU itself undermining or discrediting its own judgments.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, Magyar said Hungary would seek credit for the fines imposed so far during negotiations on the new EU budget. Technically, the EU is not prepared to label any funding as reimbursement for past fines, as this would risk sending the wrong message. <\/p>\n<p>Poland has previously lost hundreds of millions of euros in funding over ECJ fines linked to its judicial reforms.<\/p>\n<p>However, officials involved in the budget talks say &#8220;everything is possible,&#8221; and Hungary could still negotiate additional resources for border protection \u2013 resources it could present domestically as a political win.<\/p>\n<p>Another option under discussion is for the EU to rename or informally reallocate existing funding lines earmarked for Hungary in a way that could support Magyar&#8217;s messaging at home.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>                                  Go to accessibility shortcuts<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-article-share-comment u-align-items-center u-display-flex\"><span class=\"c-article-share-comment__links u-align-items-center u-display-flex u-justify-content-center js-c-article-share-comment-share\"><span class=\"c-article-share-comment__label\">Share<\/span><\/span><span class=\"c-article-share-comment__label\">Comments<\/span><span class=\"c-article-share-comment__label c-article-share-comment__label--always\">Add Euronews on Google<\/span><\/div>\n<div id=\"adb-article-you-might-also-like\" class=\"perf-cv-auto c-article-you-might-also-like\">\n<h2 class=\"c-article-you-might-also-like__title\">\n        Read more<br \/>\n      <\/h2>\n<div class=\"c-article-you-might-also-like__item\">\n<h3>\n<p>                  Magyar says EU must decide whether to &#8216;survive or win&#8217; 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Budapest also declared that asylum seekers must apply for international protection while still in Serbia.Magyar, who succeeded Orb\u00e1n after April&#8217;s elections, has called on European counterparts to resolve the fine, but vowed to keep his predecessor&#8217;s contested migration policy in place.The two measures under scrutiny are the &#8220;state of crisis due to mass migration&#8221;, renewed roughly every six months since 2015 and used to deviate from several EU legal provisions \u2013 due to expire on 7 September unless extended \u2013 and a separate 2025 law requiring asylum seekers to register their intent at a Hungarian embassy abroad before applying in-country, which is set to lapse at the end of the year.&#8221;It&#8217;s a very difficult thing,&#8221; Magyar said at a press conference on Thursday. &#8220;It&#8217;s something that tests lawyers. It might just be necessary for something to come into effect for one day, then we tick this off, the one million euro fine is abolished, and then the next day an equally strict, slightly differently functioning regulation comes into effect.&#8221;The prospect that both measures could be allowed to expire is seen by some in Brussels as a potential step forward.&#8221;It&#8217;s for Hungary and the court to see what can be done,&#8221; said European Commission spokesperson Markus Lammert. &#8220;What we can do from the Commission&#8217;s side is engage closely with the Hungarian authorities on the matter.&#8221;&#8221;We expect an early resolution of the suspension of the \u20ac1m-per-day fine imposed under the previous Hungarian government,&#8221; Magyar said on Wednesday, following a meeting in Budapest with European Council President Ant\u00f3nio Costa.&#8221;I emphasised that, in light of what happened in Ceuta this summer, Hungary will continue to maintain the necessary legal environment and physical border closure to stem illegal migration.&#8221;Magyar also met European People&#8217;s Party leader Manfred Weber to discuss the matter, and called for the fines to be reimbursed through the EU&#8217;s next seven-year budget.&#8221;We expect our efforts to be recognised at the European level,&#8221; he said.Doubts remainEven so, experts remain doubtful this would be enough to halt the fines.&#8221;Amending the migration-related laws adopted in 2015\u201316 would have been an opportunity to avoid the fines,&#8221; EU law expert Tam\u00e1s Lattmann told Euronews.&#8221;The only way to place any kind of cap on the fines would have been for the government, at the moment the provisions of the Migration Pact entered into force, to declare that Hungarian law and EU standards were now aligned on key points \u2013 meaning the underlying legal violation had ceased, and the penalty clock would stop running. But that did not happen.&#8221;The EU&#8217;s Migration Pact, designed to strengthen external borders and share responsibility for asylum seekers among member states, entered into force over the summer, but Magyar has rejected its application in Hungary.He has also repeatedly called on the EU to reimburse the fines already paid, a request that is technically and legally unworkable. Following the ECJ ruling, the fines accrued were deducted directly from funds earmarked for Hungary.&#8221;I find it quite shameless that Magyar wants reimbursement of fines for a violation of EU law that has not been resolved at all,&#8221; said Tineke Strik, the Dutch Green MEP who serves as the European Parliament&#8217;s rapporteur for Hungary. &#8220;Granting reimbursement of fines imposed by the court would also mean the EU itself undermining or discrediting its own judgments.&#8221;On Tuesday, Magyar said Hungary would seek credit for the fines imposed so far during negotiations on the new EU budget. 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