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Fidesz: Sargentini report ‘political revenge’
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The Sargentini report “is an act of political revenge” on Hungary because the country had the courage to reject mandatory migrant quotas and has proven that illegal migration can be stopped, the (ruling Fidesz) head of parliament’s defence and law enforcement committee said on Wednesday.
Addressing a press conference after a meeting of the committee, Lajos Kósa said
the Sargentini report was part of a political campaign for next year’s European parliamentary elections.
The Hungarian voters have rejected the idea of turning Hungary into a country of immigrants, Kósa said, adding that the government intends to heed their will.
Members of the committee held a drawn-out and heated debate about ruling Fidesz’s draft resolution on rejecting the Sargentini report.
Opposition lawmakers insisted that the report was about the government’s infringement of the rights of the people. Meanwhile, Fidesz’s László Böröcz, a co-sponsor of the draft resolution, said
the document was about immigration and that it required a response from Hungary.
Kósa said all Hungarian MPs should be expected to protect Hungary’s right to self-determination and asked the committee to back the draft resolution.
Kósa said anyone who supported the report had “given up Hungary’s self-determination and freedom.”