The Commission sent their official notifications to governments of the four countries, which have two months to respond.

Hungary’s agriculture ministry said in a statement that the government had designed the country’s new land act with a view to protecting Hungarian land, and it vowed to defend the legislation using all possible legal means.

It will respond as soon as it has considered full details of the case, it added.

Source www.hungarymatters.hu

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