The EU is preparing to cut off the flow of money to Hungary, since the country has still not paid its fines to the EU Commission.
We will now begin to deduct 200 million euros from upcoming payments from the EU budget to Hungary, says spokesperson Balazs Ujvari at a press briefing in Brussels on Wednesday.
Exactly which support will be withdrawn is still unclear.
We need to look at different payments that together can reach the fine amount, says Ujvari.
The fines have been imposed by the EU court because Hungary has refused to implement common EU decisions on asylum policy. The court has also imposed a daily fine of one million euros that Hungary must pay as long as it does not adapt to EU rules.
A first payment demand for the money, amounting to 93 million euros from June 13 to September 13, has just been sent to Hungary.
