Orbán: The West is panicking over migration, the greatest problem threatening to pull the EU apart
Western leaders are “in panic” over illegal migration, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán told a press conference after a Hungarian-Slovak-Serbian summit on the protection of the European Union’s external borders in Komarno (Revkomarom), in southern Slovakia, on Tuesday.
“Panic only breeds bad decisions,” Orbán said, pointing to measures such as suspending free movement within the Schengen area and re-introducing border controls, “so illegal migration dismantled the greatest achievement of the European Union, free movement across the borders.” It was predictable that the crime rate would grow and the migration pact would exacerbate rather than solve the problem, “so the pact is the problem itself,” he said.
Migration ‘greatest problem’
The greatest problem threatening to pull the European Union apart is migration, Orbán said, calling for change, adding that the EU’s migration pact “must be thrown out” and all new solutions have to be sought.
Speaking after a Hungarian-Slovak-Serbian summit on the protection of the EU’s external borders in Komarno (Revkomarom) in Slovakia on Tuesday, Orbán said that while migration was itself a serious problem, “it will destroy cooperation within the bloc” when coupled with bad leadership. “The prime minister of Slovakia and I are ready to participate in creating new rules because the current ones must certainly be forgotten and new ones must be drafted,” Orbán said.
Orbán: Cooperation with Slovakia, Serbia in Hungary’s vital interest
Cooperation with Slovakia and Serbia is in Hungary’s vital interest, and Hungary is ready to continue it “in its current form”, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán told a press conference after a Hungarian-Slovak-Serbian summit in Komarno (Révkomárom) in Slovakia on Tuesday.
Slovakia is among Hungary’s ten most important economic partners, and bilateral trade with Serbia has grown six-fold during the presidency of Aleksandar Vucic, Orbán said. He said Serbian-Hungarian ties also played a role in Hungary’s economic neutrality through Serbia’s free trade agreement with China. Serbia and Slovakia are also crucial for Hungary’s energy independence, Orbán said.
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The Real Person!
The Real Person!
Orban has been the chief panic person on migration for nine years. The rest of the EU has been dealing with relative calm in comparison. Who in their right mind actually takes seriously the blustering rhetoric from the Fat Man?
The Real Person!
The Real Person!
Orban has been hysterically panicing on migration for nine years. The rest of the EU has been dealing with it in relative calm in comparison. Who in their right mind actually takes seriously the blustering rhetoric from the Fat Man?