The ruling removes a potential legal obstacle as EU states negotiate how to distribute further EPF funds for Ukraine
The General Court of the Court of Justice of the European Union dismissed on Wednesday Hungary’s legal challenge against the use of profits generated by frozen Russian assets to support Ukraine’s military needs.
The case, brought by the then-Orbán government in 2024, concerned a June 2024 decision by the European Peace Facility (EPF) committee to allocate the first instalment of extraordinary revenues generated by immobilised Russian assets to the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
The court ruled that it had no jurisdiction to review the decision because it involved political and strategic choices under the EU’s common foreign and security policy (CFSP).
Hungary subsequently used its veto, effectively freezing the use of the EPF until last June, when the new government led by Péter Magyar lifted the veto.
