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Juncker to Orbán: European solidarity ‘is two-way street’
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The European Commission in ready to “swiftly examine” Hungary’s request for additional financial support for protecting the European Union’s external borders in specific and urgent cases, president of the commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, said in a letter to Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, adding that “solidarity is a two-way street”.
Last week, Orbán turned to the commission with a request that the EU pay Hungary half the 883 million euro border protection costs incurred by the country.
Juncker in his reply welcomed Hungary’s call for “more Europe in the area of migration and border management, building on the principle of solidarity”.
The commission president noted that Hungary had rejected the offer to relieve the country of 54,000 migrants in 2015, as well as EU advance payment of 4 million euros. He added that Hungary had been able to rely on other forms of operational and financial support between 2014 and 2015, and had received three emergency grants amounting to 6.26 million euros. Juncker’s letter also notes 40 million euros of Internal Security Fund money for the period 2014-2020.
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