EU court rules against Hungary over law that targeted Soros-affiliated university
by Associated Press from on (#58VAH)
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The European Union's highest court has ruled that changes by Hungary to its law on higher education, which effectively forced a university founded by George Soros to leave the country, were not in line with EU law.
The European court of justice (ECJ) ruled against prime minister Viktor Orban's government, saying in the ruling that the conditions introduced by Hungary to enable foreign higher education institutions to carry out their activities in its territory are incompatible with EU law".
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