Hungary rejects the proposed EU migration and asylum pact’s crisis regulation, an interior ministry official said on Thursday, reasoning that the regulation would “open a new door” to mass illegal migration to Europe.
The regulations currently under discussion, if adopted, would define Europe’s future, security, economic competitiveness and the composition of its population in the long term, Bence Rétvári, state secretary of the interior ministry, told a council meeting on the reform of the EU’s migration and asylum package.
“So Hungary rejects this new pro-migration proposal by Brussels,” he said.
Hungary argues that consensus-based decision-making is important on strategic issues such as the migration pact, Rétvári said. Qualified majority decisions would bypass individual member states, which in turn would still have to tackle crisis situations.
Hungary, he noted, has stopped 135,000 illegal migrants at its southern border so far this year, more than during the entire year two years ago.
The new pact would be “a migrant magnet”, he said, arguing that it did not tackle the problem of asylum and would fail to curb illegal migration.
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It really is absurd Fidesz lying to say the the EU is “pro-migration.” This is a slur designed to fool low minded Hungarians. No one in their right mind wants to promote migration the same as no one wants to promote any other problem the EU faces. There is absolutely nothing in this article or quote form Bence Retvari to say specifically what it is that Hungary says will bring in more migrants. Europe has the misfortune of its’ geography to make it the recipient of migrants and this will never end. The EU has to deal with it and Hungary is part of the EU. Hungarian authorities are currently involved in ramming vehicles with migrants off roads sending many to hospital. They will end up killing some given enough time. This along with beatings is the Hungarian solution that really is the mark of an abusive authoritarian state that is becoming less civilized by the day.
Mr. Rétvári’s dogwhistle is “composition of its population”. The Replacement Theory.
https://www.britannica.com/topic/replacement-theory
Regarding “illegal immigrants”, asylum seekers:
https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?oldid=599145
I encourage you to look at how Hungary fares (we really manage to not “attract” anyone), the general trend of decisions on asylum applications and where the asylum seekers came from. Many are genuine. So – perhaps not economic, after all. And we are just being. Well. Try to give it a name?
Lastly – the fear of losing the veto. Everyone in the EU is getting a bit miffed at a relative newcomer (2004) being a Mr. Know-it-all and disrupting the decision-making capability of the entire club. Remarkably, our Politicians have perpetuated State of Alarm, Emergency, Rule by Decree at every possible opportunity, because (and let me use Mr. “Mr. Orbán´s words) his government “needs room for manoeuvre and the ability to take immediate action”.
Larry (comment above) is living in a fantasy world, together with all Leftists. Of course the E.U. is pro-migration. There is no other plausible explanation for 1) abjectly failing to stop more than two million illegal aliens flooding the continent over the past eight years, and 2) severely punishing the few countries (foremost Hungary) that unilaterally took steps to try to thwart illegal immigration. The lack of action to stop illegal aliens coming as well as censuring the countries that try to do it themselves unmistakably points to illegal immigration being not just tolerated but encouraged by the globalist-socialist E.U., all on the orders of the likes of Soros, Schwab, Gates, the U.N., etc. After all, the Western civilization is mired in sin so must be destroyed and what better and quicker way to do that than to drown us in millions of people who hate us, our culture, our values, our history…?!