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Budapest to Take Solyom's Banned Trip to European Court of Justice
Tuesday 30 March 2010 Zoom in | Print page
Budapest, March 30 (TASR) – The case involving Hungarian President Laszlo Solyom being banned from entering Slovakia on August 21 will continue to be pursued by Hungary via a motion set against Slovakia before the EU institutions. TASR had it confirmed by Hungarian Government Office on Tuesday.
Hungary wants to find out if Slovakia didn't violate EU legal norms when it decided to stop Solyom's limousine on the border as he was heading to Komarno, where he planned to unveil the statue of an old Hungarian King Stephen. The ban came after Slovak political authorities agreed that he picked an unfortunate day to make the trip, as August 21 went down the Slovak history as a day when, back in 1968, the country was invaded by Warsaw Pact armies, including the Hungarian one.
In October 2009, the government of Hungary called on the European Commission (EC) to launch a legal procedure against Slovakia due to what happened in August. Brussels said this is a bilateral issue between the two countries. Now the Hungarian Government, taking into account its previous communication with the EC, has decided to take the issue to the European Court of Justice.
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