Hungary loses court fight over frozen Russian asset profits for Ukraine
The court said the case was outside EU judicial review, leaving a 11.1 billion euro aid channel for Ukraine intact, officials said.
- On Sept. 9, the Luxembourg-based Court dismissed a legal challenge filed by former Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, which sought to prevent interest from frozen Russian assets from funding military aid to Ukraine.
- Orban challenged the legality of the European Peace Facility in August 2025, an instrument that has provided Kyiv with 11.1 billion euros in support since Moscow launched its full-scale invasion.
- The Luxembourg-based Court stated, "Agreements concluded by EU member states under the EU's Common Foreign and Security Policy generally do not fall within the court's remit."
- Peter Magyar, Hungary's current prime minister since May, has not addressed the case but has affirmed Kyiv's right to defend itself while ruling out direct military assistance.
- Kaja Kallas, the EU's top diplomat, said on Sept. 1 that agreement was close. "I think it's very clear that there is a determination to unlock the European Peace Facility, and that's something that we will work on very closely," Kallas said.
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EU court dismisses Hungary's challenge to Russian asset aid
The EU's General Court ruled it lacks jurisdiction over decisions relating to the bloc's Common Foreign and Security Policy. The case comes after Budapest's new government, unlike its predecessor, moved this week to expel 10 Russian diplomats.
The Court of Justice of the European Union rejected the Hungarian claim challenging the allocation of the first tranche of the proceeds of frozen Russian assets to Ukraine, stating that the claim had been dismissed on the basis of the lack of jurisdiction of the EU judicial body on the matter; the Court of Justice of the European Union decided to dismiss the Hungarian claim challenging the allocation of the first tranche from the proceeds of fro…
The European Court of General Jurisdiction dismissed on Wednesday Hungary's claim against the EU's decision to use the proceeds of frozen Russian assets for military assistance to Ukraine. "The Court of General Jurisdiction rejects the claim on the grounds that the case does not fall within its jurisdiction", the press release on the court's website.
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