Government: pandemics, mass migration pose biggest threats to Europe

Pandemics and mass migration are the two biggest threats facing Europe today, Justice Minister Judit Varga said on Facebook from an international forum in Alpbach, where she is participating in a panel discussion on the challenges facing the continent.

The migration crisis of 2015 proved that the European Union’s existing rules are inadequate to address such crises, the minister said. “We should not believe that 2015 was a unique case,” she said in her English-language post.

“Due to the situation in Afghanistan, we are on the verge of another crisis.

In the future, in addition, such events will be more frequent and severe.”

While Hungary was busy addressing the migration crisis and trying to fulfil its legal obligation to protect the EU’s external borders, the European Commission launched a number of infringement procedures against the country, Varga said.