The Hungarian Foreign Ministry takes the position that, on the basis of the EU 2004/38/EK guidelines on the free movement of persons, Slovakia should not have denied President of the Republic Lászlo Sólyom entry to its territory; Hungary will pursue the case against Slovakia, taking it to the European Court of Justice.

Hungary launched procedures against Slovakia on March 30, 2010, in connection with the incident, filing a complaint with the European Commission. In the first stage of the procedure, the Commission, having obtained the standpoints of both sides in a written and verbal form, issued an opinion with attached reasoning on June 23, 2010, and approved its release at a meeting on June 24, 2010.

According to the European Commission, it is not the EU but international law that should have applied in this case, and found no breech of EU law. The Hungarian foreign ministry, on the other hand, held that Slovakia had solely referred to EU laws when it denied President Sólyom entry. Since it is within the competence of the European Court of Justice to decide whether EU laws were applicable, Hungary will pursue the matter further.

Hungary is awaiting a response as to whether the decision of the Slovak authorities violated EU contracts, and also as to whether the 2004/38/EK guidelines on the free movement of persons applies to all EU citizens equally, or whether there is a circle of persons (e.g. public dignitaries, official delegates) to whom the guidelines do not apply.