Orbán cabinet: Schengen area’s external borders must be protected
The external borders of the European Union’s Schengen area must be protected, Gergely Gulyás, the head of the Prime Minister’s Office, told Austrian online news channel OE24.TV, according to the website mandiner.hu.
Schengen borders must be protected
Asked about Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s visits to Ukraine, Russia, China and the United States this summer, Gulyás said the visits had been attempts to make progress towards peace in Ukraine through diplomacy. He said Hungary was not big enough to achieve peace on its own, but there would be no progress if no one tried.
Concerning disagreements between Brussels and Budapest, Gulyás said honest dialogue was needed. Hungary strives for fair cooperation in relation to its ongoing EU presidency with all of its partners, he said, noting that Orbán was the only EU prime minister to be in office for a second presidency.
As regards migration, Gulyás said the EU’s Schengen borders needed to be protected. He said decisions and rulings by European institutions were forcing the Hungarian authorities to admit illegal migrants, adding, however, that in this case Hungary would transport them to Brussels.
Gulyás said the question when it came to the issue of migration was what Europe’s intentions were. Hungary’s government, he noted, says millions of migrants will come to Europe each year unless the Schengen area’s external borders are protected. He said the number of attempted illegal border crossings on Hungary’s southern border has fallen to a fraction of what it had been before thanks to cooperation between Hungary and Serbia.
Concerning the formation of the right-wing Patriots for Europe group in the European Parliament, Gulyás noted that it is the third largest group in the legislative body, saying that if they did their job well they could gain even more sympathisers in Europe.
He also pointed out that thousands of Ukrainian citizens have received asylum in Hungary.
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“He said Hungary was not big enough to achieve peace on its own, but there would be no progress if no one tried”
I tried not to laugh very hard with this. Did orban really think he was going to achieve something?
Hungary is a puppet of Putin, and in the near future, a Chinese puppet. Hungary is still on time to decide on what side they want to be. But population is so old here. With such old ideas. I really think the sooner Hungary leaves the EUtje better for everyone.
Yes, the border must be protected. But it’s not. Deliberately. Europe is being invaded by what are now TENS of millions of illegal aliens–almost all hostile, violent young men–and none of the decision-makers is doing ANYTHING. It’s obviously some kind of a plan. Thing is, though, it’s going to blow up in their faces. The Europeans won’t accept being slapped around, raped, robbed, and murdered forever. Give it another year or two, and mass deportations will have to begin. The current situation is not tenable.
Let´s pretend Hungary is doing this, all by itself? Oh! What is Frontex???
https://www.frontex.europa.eu/
https://neighbourhood-enlargement.ec.europa.eu/news/eu-signs-agreement-serbia-strengthen-migration-and-border-management-cooperation-2024-06-25_en
“Frontex currently deploys over 480 officers in the Western Balkans, through joint operations at the Union’s external borders with Albania, North Macedonia, and Montenegro; this includes 111 officers already deployed in Serbia in an ongoing joint operation, conducted under the previous status agreement with Serbia, at the borders with Hungary and Bulgaria.”
Thank you, Norbert, we can trust you to bring hard evidence to the debate, as usual.