Overview

• Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul said he will visit Budapest next week to advocate for improved prison conditions for Maja T.
• The activist has spent about five weeks on hunger strike, losing approximately 14 kilograms and currently receiving treatment in a Budapest prison hospital.
• Hungarian authorities have reaffirmed their intent to prosecute Maja T. for alleged attacks on right-wing demonstrators in February 2023, carrying a potential 24-year sentence.
• Despite a German Federal Constitutional Court injunction, Berlin extradited Maja T. to Hungary in June 2024, highlighting tensions between national legal protections and EU arrest warrants.
• Germany’s Foreign Office maintains close consular contact through its embassy in Budapest while repatriation remains unlikely under Hungarian prosecution plans.