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Hungary's prime minister Viktor Orbán (r) showing off the souther border fence to Italy's Matteo Salvini, then interior minister (Photo: Balazs Szecsodi/Hungary's Press Office of the Prime Minister)

EU top court slams Poland and Hungary again

Hungary and Poland were both slapped down again by the EU's top court on Tuesday (16 November) for violating the bloc's rules - in a further sign that the rule-of-law dispute between the EU and the two countries has become structural.

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) said that Hungary violated EU law with its 2018 anti-migration policy and by "criminalising" civil society organisations in...

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Eszter Zalan is a Hungarian journalist who worked for Brussels-based news portal EUobserver specialising in European politics, focusing on populism and Brexit.

Hungary's prime minister Viktor Orbán (r) showing off the souther border fence to Italy's Matteo Salvini, then interior minister (Photo: Balazs Szecsodi/Hungary's Press Office of the Prime Minister)

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Eszter Zalan is a Hungarian journalist who worked for Brussels-based news portal EUobserver specialising in European politics, focusing on populism and Brexit.

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