EU Migrant quota lawsuit proceedings start next year?

Budapest, September 21 (MTI) – A lawsuit concerning the European Union’s migrant quotas may get in the hearing stage at the Luxembourg European Court of Justice next year, the justice minister said in an interview to Wednesday’s Magyar Idők daily.

László Trócsányi said that the case could end with a ruling that sets a legal and political precedent. He said there was no connection between the Oct. 2 Hungarian referendum on migrant quotas and the lawsuit.

“The decision on the court proceedings had already been made, and this concerns the stance against the binding distribution of 120,000 migrants, while the referendum is about how we decide our future,” the minister said.

Meanwhile, on the topic of introducing a new public administration court, Trócsányi said he had in 2014 indicated in a ministerial hearing that he intended to deal with the issue, saying that around 80 percent of the Hungarian body of law is represented by disparate administrative law.