The European Court of Justice (CJEU) ruled on Thursday 2 April in favour of the European Commission, which in 2017 prosecuted Hungary, Poland and the Czech Republic for refusing to implement two decisions on the relocation of 160,000 asylum seekers from Greece and Italy (joined cases C-715/17, C-718/17 and C-719/17).
In a judgment, the Court confirmed the conclusions of the Advocate General (see EUROPE B12361A2) and concluded that these countries could not “rely on either their...