Hungarian Justice Minister László Trócsányi at the EU Parliament in Brussels | Stephanie Lecocq/EPA Hungarian justice minister: ECJ decision ‘very worrying for the future’ The European Court of Justice’s decision to back the distribution of refugees threatens the ‘balance of the European institutions,’ László Trócsányi said.

Hungary's justice minister lashed out at Europe's top court, in an interview published Saturday, after it backed an EU decision to distribute refugees across the bloc.

"In my opinion, the ruling of the European Court of Justice has undermined the structure of the European institutions," Justice Minister László Trócsányi told German newspaper Die Welt.

"The powers of the European Council and the European Parliament have been violated," Trócsányi said, adding that the judgment threatened the "balance of the European institutions" and calling it "very worrying for the future."

The outburst from the justice minister, normally responsible for protecting courts from political interference and pressures, will raise further questions about Hungary's commitment to the rule of law.

In response to the migration crisis that hit Europe in the summer of 2015, national ministers in the Council of the EU adopted a law obliging member countries to help Italy and Greece deal with the migrant arrivals.

The Hungarian government objected to the legal basis used to make the decision, which relied on a simple majority and did not require a separate vote in the European Parliament. It also argued that a decision of such magnitude should have passed through the European Council, which gathers together member state leaders.

Slovakia and Hungary challenged the 2015 decision, and were later supported by Poland.

The Hungarian minister's comments are the latest in a series of angry remarks from Hungarian officials since Wednesday's verdict.

“Politics has raped European law,” said Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó on the day of the judgment.