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Follow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official<\/a>.<\/p>\n Magyar, who has pledged to reset\u00a0relations with the EU<\/a>\u00a0while keeping a hard line on migration,\u00a0said<\/a>\u00a0last month that Hungary \u201cwill not accept any pact or allocation mechanism\u201d on asylum and migration.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n Budapest is also behind on preparations for the upgraded Eurodac fingerprint database, has yet to request its share of the \u20ac3 billion set aside for implementation, and has not started key testing procedures.<\/p>\n The report also criticises Hungary for failing to notify where border procedures would take place, not submitting parts of its contingency planning to the EU asylum agency, and \u2013 alongside Slovakia \u2013 refusing to contribute to the pact\u2019s first \u2018solidarity pool<\/a>\u2018, the new burden-sharing mechanism included in the pact.\u00a0<\/p>\n Hungary is also listed among the EU countries that still need to put in place arrangements for free legal counselling for asylum seekers.\u00a0<\/p>\n Asked what the Commission could do to ensure Hungary\u00a0complies with\u00a0the pact, a spokesperson sidestepped questions about\u00a0possible enforcement\u00a0tools, saying the EU executive would \u201cnot be speculating on the actions of an incoming government that has yet to start\u201d.\u00a0<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n Other Topics of Interest<\/p>\n![\"Ukraine](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/bcd2012da54e93d2e6469c982de23433.jpg\")
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