The Hungarian Prime Minister wrote a letter to Ursula von der Leyen.

Prime Minister Viktor Orban once again wrote a letter to the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, asking the Governing Council to reimburse the costs of Hungarian border protection measures, “as these measures have recently become a model in many European countries. Bertalan Havasi, Head of Press, said, For MTI, the crisis situation threatens our continent.

Orbán also complained in February of last year, because we do not receive money from Brussels to buy a border fence. However, in reality, EU legislation does not allow this, but we have received more than 45 billion HUF for border protection.

Incidentally, the European Commission has made it clear on several occasions that it can only finance projects that comply with EU immigration and asylum legislation, which does not include the construction of the fence. However, the Hungarian Prime Minister not only forgot to state this, but also forgot the fact that, according to official data, the European Commission has awarded a grant of 137.14 million euros to Hungary since 2015 to deal with migration.

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Border fencing: not as much as the government asks for as in Fidesz


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The Hungarian Nation wrote about Viktor Orbán’s letter two years ago, in which he requested money from the European Union for which he received no money.