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2017-09-06 — reuters.com
The EU's highest court ruled on Wednesday that member states must take in a share of refugees who reach Europe, dismissing complaints by Slovakia and Hungary and reigniting an east-west row that has shaken the Union's cohesion.
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But defiant rejection from some ex-communist states that the EU accuses of slipping on democratic standards - Hungary called the judgment a political "rape" of EU law - indicated no let-up in tensions that are testing the Union's internal cooperation.
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