Orbán cabinet revealed when mass migration will begin to Hungary if they lose the 2026 elections

Hungary faces “unprecedented pressure to accept migrants or pay heavy EU fines” from July 2026 “if a pro-Brussels govt takes power”, Bence Rétvári, parliamentary state secretary at the interior ministry, warned in a statement on Monday.

The EU Justice and Home Affairs Council approved a new migration quota system, targeting countries like Hungary that have resisted relocation. “A pro-Brussels government would make Hungary a prime target for forced resettlement,” Rétvári cautioned, noting the current government has “repeatedly refused quotas, accepting brutal EU penalties instead.”

At the Danish EU presidency meeting, Zoltan Bolcsik, the state secretary for policing, reiterated Hungary’s rejection of the EU Migration and Asylum Pact, calling relocation “fundamentally flawed”. Instead, he urged strengthening external borders and supporting third-country border security, areas where Hungary has contributed over 1.5 billion euros and deployed police to the Serbia-North Macedonia and Bulgaria-Turkey borders.

“Hungary’s warnings have come true,” Rétvári declared. “Only a national government will carry on resisting.”

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