Hungary Says EU Migrant Quotas Ruling 'Irresponsible'

Hungary on Wednesday slammed as "irresponsible" a rejection by the EU's top court of its challenge to a scheme to relocate thousands of migrants around the bloc via mandatory quotas.

"The decision by the court... is irresponsible and we believe that this decision threatens the security of all of Europe," Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said after the ruling by the European Court of Justice.

He vowed to use "all legal means" against the "absolutely unacceptable" judgment, calling it "the result of a political decision not the result of a legal or expert decision".

"Politics has raped European law and European values. This decision practically and openly legitimates the power of the EU above the member states," he said.

The European Union approved the controversial scheme to relocate 120,000 migrants from Greece and Italy two years ago amid Europe's worst migrant crisis since World War II.

But Hungary and Slovakia went to court to block the plan, backed by other eastern member states, some of which voted against.

"If the European Commission will continue to force the institution of the mandatory resettlement quota, we will continue to fight against it," Szijjarto said.

"The real fight will start now. We will use all legal means to ensure and to enforce that no decision is made on who can enter Hungary," he said.

Hungary's right-wing Prime Minister Viktor Orban has long clashed with Brussels over a raft of issues.

He has said that the "poison" of Muslim immigration poses a security risk and undermines Europe's Christian culture and identity.