Fidesz has renewed its demand that the Hungarian government declare immediately that it will not implement the European Union’s migration pact, which is due to enter into force on 12 June.
In a statement sent to the Hungarian news agency MTI on Sunday, Fidesz communications director Bertalan Havasi said Hungarians should continue to decide “with whom they want to live”, adding that Prime Minister Péter Magyar was attempting to distract attention from the issue.
The statement follows a similar call issued on Saturday by Fidesz’s national board, which urged the government and the prime minister to announce without delay that Hungary would refuse to implement what the party refers to as the “Brussels migration pact”.
PM Magyar turns criticism back on Orbán
Prime Minister Péter Magyar responded sharply to the opposition’s criticism, questioning why former prime minister Viktor Orbán had failed to prevent the pact from being adopted at the European level.
“The failed prime minister is asking about the migration pact. Hungarians have a question too: why didn’t Viktor Orbán stop the pact from being adopted in the European Union?” Magyar wrote on Facebook.
Magyar promises “no illegal migrants” under Tisza government
In a fresh statement on Sunday, PM Magyar said that under a Tisza Party government, there would be no illegal migrants in Hungary.
“A Tisza government will not have illegal migrants in Hungary, and anyone who claims otherwise is lying and deceiving their own voters,” he wrote on Facebook.
Dispute over the contents of the migration pact
Beyond the political rhetoric, the two sides also disagree over what the migration pact would mean in practice for Hungary.
Speaking in Parliament earlier this week, Magyar accused Fidesz-KDNP of misrepresenting the contents of the agreement. According to the prime minister, the pact introduces several stricter migration measures and reflects a significant shift in EU migration policy towards positions that Hungary has advocated for years.
Magyar argued that claims suggesting Hungary would be forced to accept migrants are misleading. He pointed out that the pact includes flexibility mechanisms allowing member states to choose how they contribute during migration crises.
Under the agreement, countries can opt not to take in relocated migrants and instead provide other forms of support, such as operational assistance to frontline member states including Greece and Malta.
For this reason, Magyar said the pact does not automatically require Hungary to accept migrants or establish mandatory migrant quotas.
Denmark cited as an example
The prime minister also pointed to Denmark as an example of a country with a particularly strict migration policy that nevertheless maintains constructive relations with the European Union.
According to Magyar, Denmark’s migration rules are in several respects tougher than Hungary’s, yet the country continues to receive EU funds because it complies with EU law and maintains a government capable of negotiating effectively with Brussels.
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What “full story”?!?
You either say loud and clear that Hungary will play ZERO part in ANY aspect of the migration DIKTAT or you are basically saying that anything is possible, including third-world kookamangas swamping us here.
Denmark this, Greece that. If you don’t reject the diktat, they will come here one way or another. No amount of casuistry, sophistry, prevarication, and rhetoric changes that fact.
Hungary is (hopefully still!) guarding ITS borders. Those who are not can go climb a tree. They need to keep all the trash they let invade them, no monetary support, no “technical support” (whatever the hell that is), no nothing. Just because they do not WANT to defend their borders, other countries cannot and must not be made to suffer.
Exactly Michael!
Nice the example of Denmark. I was in Copenhagen last summer, migrants were disturbing a christian service and were open promoting the islam during the service. People who are not respecting others have nothing to search in Hungary.
Denmark seems to have handled the migration issue well and kept migrants flow in control allowing visas and resident permits almost exclusively for work and study. Sounds great that Tisza is looking at Denmark as an example of how to deal with migration while keeping good relations with EU.
Interesting read for all you right-wing conservative trolls here: ”The country where the left (not the far right) made hardline immigration laws”
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1mgkd93r4yo
I totally agree with Steiner, such insects like should have never been welcomed in Hungary.
any one who is idiot, does not itegrate, hates Hungarians, does not speak a word of Hungarian.
Oh, those are the exact charataristics of Steiner 😂😂😂
Such parasite should be exiled immediately from here with the first plane to hellever. 😂
As Peter Magyar has explained quite clearly Hungary does not have to take migrants in and can choose to assist the EU in other ways. It is a non issue that has been exploited by Orban for years to create anti-EU sentiment. We need to remember that it was Orban who released hundreds of migrants smugglers from Hungarian jails and pushed migrants to the Slovak border to interfere in the Slovakian election. Orban cynically worked to make migrant smuggling worse. He is the worst bag of shit that ever became PM.
The problem is that magyar is refusing to be explicit but hiding behind convoluted rhetoric.
“Magyar argued that claims suggesting Hungary would be forced to accept migrants are misleading”, so misleading but not false? Why can’t he nail his colours to the mast straight and honest?
“PM Magyar said that under a Tisza Party government, there would be no illegal migrants in Hungary”, another piece of sophistry. If TISZA vote the pact into law, some forms of resettlement will become legal.
Time for Orban to sit down and shut up. His party is afraid that when the pact is initiated that all the bogiemen that Orban said will come will evaporate, like most of his divisive claims. The people of Hungary have spoken Michael, they voted your pal and his ilk OUT by a huge margin. Maybe time for you to sit down and shut up too.