referendum on migrant quotas

03/10/2016

Referendum – Officially invalid even though overwhelming majority of Hungarians rejects migrant quotas

Budapest (MTI) – A massive majority of Hungarians rejected the European Union’s binding migrant quotas in Sunday’s referendum, but as polls closed turnout was below the […]
03/10/2016

Referendum invalid, election office rules

Budapest (MTI) – The National Election Office (NVI) officially declared Hungary’s migrant quota referendum invalid, as the number of valid votes cast did not reach the […]
02/10/2016

Referendum – Orbán expects ‘no’ votes to win referendum

Budapest, October 2 (MTI) – Prime Minister Viktor Orbán cast his vote in Hungary’s referendum on European Union migrant quotas on Sunday morning, and told reporters […]
02/10/2016

Referendum – Results expected to arrive between 8pm and 10pm

Budapest (MTI) – The National Election Committee (NVI) expects the results of the referendum to come through from most polling stations between 8pm and 10pm on […]
01/10/2016

Kósa: No way for Brussels to “dodge” referendum result

Budapest (MTI) – European Union decision makers will have no opportunity to “dodge” the outcome of Hungary’s upcoming migrant quota referendum, the parliamentary group leader of […]
01/10/2016

Trócsányi: Hungary referendum ‘alarm bell’ for EU

Rome (MTI) – Hungary’s upcoming quota referendum will sound as an “alarm bell” to the European Union, which suffers from a “lack of democracy”, Justice Minister […]
30/09/2016

Orbán: Hungary’s future at stake in ‘irreversible’ migration vote – TV2 interview

Budapest (MTI) – Commenting on the Oct. 2 referendum on European Union migrant quotas, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said on Thursday in an interview: “We can’t […]
30/09/2016

Kúria rules government’s campaign letter to voters abroad unlawful

Budapest (MTI) – Campaign letters for the Oct. 2 referendum on European Union migrant quotas sent on behalf of the government to ethnic Hungarians abroad were […]
29/09/2016

Lázár: Brussels wants to ‘legalise illegal migration’

Budapest, September 29 (MTI) – The European Commission aims to “legalise illegal migration”, the government office chief said on Thursday. Unlike Brussels, the Hungarian government wants […]
29/09/2016

PM party to hold demonstration on referendum day despite election committee decision

Budapest, September 29 (MTI) – The opposition Dialogue for Hungary (PM) party will go ahead and hold a demonstration on Oct. 2, the day of the […]
28/09/2016

DK complains to OLAF about referendum campaign leaflets

Budapest, September 28 (MTI) – The opposition Democratic Coalition (DK) has contacted the European Commission’s anti-fraud office (OLAF) to complain about leaflets “blackmailing” local residents to […]
28/09/2016

Kövér: More at stake in Oct. 2 referendum than in any general election

Budapest (MTI) – The national referendum Hungary will have on EU migrant quotas on Oct.2 will have higher stakes than a regular parliamentary election, House Speaker […]
27/09/2016

Socialists cry foul over Fidesz turning to election committee over opposition demonstration plan

Budapest (MTI) – The opposition Socialist Party has complained about the ruling Fidesz party’s decision to turn to the National Election Committee in a bid to […]
26/09/2016

“Why did Hungarians become such Orbáns?”

According to mno.hu, two German newspapers published articles about Hungary in connection with the October 2 referendum on migrant quotas. The two papers, the Frankfurter Allgemeine […]
26/09/2016

Referendum – MoMa campaigns for invalid vote or staying away

Budapest (MTI) – Former finance minister and leader of the non-parliamentary MoMa party Lajos Bokros addressed a demonstration on the square in front of parliament on […]
24/09/2016

Referendum – Official: Oct. 2 vote to determine government mandate against quota scheme

Budapest, September 23 (MTI) – The strength of the Hungarian government’s challenge against Brussels’ mandatory migrant quota scheme will depend on how strong a mandate it […]
23/09/2016

CNN interview with the Hungarian foreign minister: referendum, migration and other interesting topics

New York, September 23 (MTI) – Violating borders between peaceful countries and picking a country to live in are not basic human rights, Hungary’s foreign minister […]
23/09/2016

Referendum – LMP: Government threatening localities with funding cut ‘unacceptable’

Budapest, September 23 (MTI) – Ruling Fidesz has been putting pressure on the local assemblies to support a “no” vote in the Oct. 2 European Union […]
23/09/2016

Referendum – Orbán rejects Vona’s demand for debate – UPDATE

Budapest, September 23 (MTI) – Prime Minister Viktor Orbán will not publicly debate opposition Jobbik leader Gábor Vona, who has challenged him to a debate on the […]
23/09/2016

Weekly government press briefing about securities market, referendum and immigration – UPDATE

Budapest (MTI) – The government plans “major changes” on the state bond market after Standard and Poor’s raised Hungary’s rating last week, government office chief János […]