Hidvéghi on Britain: it is very important to maintain bilateral relationships
Britain and Hungary share the same vision of Europe which involves free cooperation of sovereign nation states without an overcentralised and bureaucratic European Union, ruling Fidesz MEP Balázs Hidvéghi said in an English-language interview on Sky News.
Hidvéghi said during the interview with journalist Adam Boulton that he believed the main reason for Brexit was that the Brits were not happy with how the EU was moving forward. He added that Hungary had always looked upon Britain with great respect for its history and for its stance in international affairs.
While Hungary regretted to see the UK leave the EU, it is very important to maintain bilateral relationships, he said.
Hungary and the UK are allies in NATO and in the Council of Europe, where Hungarian representatives share a party group with the Tory party, he said.
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Commenting on illegal migration, Hidvéghi said “when we talk about human rights it has to be talking about the human rights of all the people, not only migrants but also of European citizens”.
“I’m glad to see that European leaders now, including Brussels leaders, are now saying the lines and opinions that Mr. Orbán was saying six years ago,” he said. “Back at that time he was very much criticized by a lot of people,” he added.
Migration policy has to reflect reality, Europe cannot continue letting in hundreds and thousands or millions of illegal migrants, he said.
“We have to re-establish border control … and then we can talk about each member state should decide what they want to do about migrants,” he added.
“That has to remain a member state decision and Brussels cannot dictate to us in what kind of country we want to live in,” Hidvéghi said.
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Source: MTI
Migrants don’t want to settle here. True refugees who are fleeing war won’t mind where they settle if they truly want to start a new life away from conflict. However, so many of these are economic migrants whose sole intention is it get to the UK to claim benefits. They don’t want to work or integrate. Now the people smugglers don’t even have to get them to the UK, only into UK waters where they’re escorted to safety. It’s a shambles, how come they can all afford smart/iPhones too. This is why people voted Brexit, but it hasn’t made any difference, they still keep coming. When a boat sinks and migrants are drowned, then groups who support them are up in arms declaring there should be a safe passage for them. It’s ridiculous.
A few years ago in Germany, nearly 100% sales in personal alarms went up as women didn’t feel safe. There was trouble one New Year’s Eve as these males were groping local women. They have no respect for women outside their own culture. So no, I don’t think Brussels should dictate to anyone about migrant quotas. Look at France, beheadings if the prophet Mohammed is shown as a caricature. Charlie Hebdo, another example. A teacher in the UK threatened because he too showed cartoon drawings.
I don’t know what the answer is but dishing them out to EU countries, when many of them don’t want to be in that country, is not the answer. Their own countries need to be able to take them back. So get those countries sorted otherwise it will never stop.
“Hidvéghi said during the interview with journalist Adam Boulton that he believed the main reason for Brexit was that the Brits were not happy with how the EU was moving forward.”
Nonsense. As post referendum surveys showed, one after the after, the primary motivation for the majority of the UK voters voting for Brexit was to stop a further influx of immigrants from the EU, something that could not be controlled due to the Freedom of Movement enshrined within the Maastricht Treaty. That is why the primary slogan of the Brexiteers was ‘Take back control’ – of the borders. Non EU immigration was always within the control of the British government.