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If you love following the ups and downs of the conflicts between the European Union and Hungary, you had a field day this week. The anti-immigrant government in Budapest ignored a deadline to pay a €200 million fine imposed by the European Court of Justice. The judges had found that Hungary committed an “unprecedented and exceptionally serious breach of EU law” when it put long-standing restrictions on the right to asylum. The dispute dates back to 2020 when the Hungarian authorities were heavily criticized for keeping asylum seekers in so-called transit zones under detention-like conditions. …

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