Orban calls on EC to reimburse Hungary's border protection costs

Prime Minister Viktor Orban, in a letter to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Tuesday, repeated his call on the commission to reimburse Hungary's border protection costs, his press chief told MTI. In the letter published on his official website, Orban argued that by now Hungary's border protection measures had become "exemplary" in Europe. He said the EC could not ignore the "significant material, human and financial resources" Hungary had invested in the protection of the EU's internal security over the past six years. "Therefore, I once again call on the Commission to reimburse the costs of the Hungarian border protection measures the financing of which was refused based on the Commission´s incorrect interpretation and application of the relevant rules," he added.