Pro-government NGO urges gauging European opinion on migration
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The head a pro-government NGO has called for the opinion of ordinary Europeans to be gauged on the issue of migration.
“Brussels’ institutions and European governments can only stay in place if people are asked in short order about the flood of migrants and illegal migration,” László Csizmadia of the Civic Union Forum (COF) told a press conference on Wednesday.
He said candidates in next year’s European parliamentary elections who “overlook the opinion of citizens” would perform badly.
Hungary’s government, he said, was “interested in what people have to say” and had conducted a survey which resulted in the conclusion that “there is no need for a transfusion of migrants”.
“But protecting Europe’s borders and guaranteeing security for families is an obligation.”
Human smugglers, he added, should be “strictly penalised” and “collaborating civil groups” exposed.