referendum on migrant quotas

22/09/2016

Referendum campaign costs at least 36.5 million forints?

Budapest, September 22 (MTI) – The government is spending at least 11.3 billion forints (EUR 36.5m) on the EU quota referendum campaign this year, four times […]
22/09/2016

Interview – Orbán hopes referendum ensures “strong sword” against Brussels

Budapest, September 22 (MTI) – Hungary’s upcoming quota referendum will determine “how strong a sword voters can forge” to use in their fight against “Brussels bureaucrats”, […]
21/09/2016

Over 70 pc of Hungarians reject EU’s migrant quota – SURVEY

Budapest (MTI) – Some 72 percent of Hungarians are against the automatic distribution of asylum-seekers within European Union member states and 78 percent would vote ‘no’ […]
20/09/2016

Watch here the Jobbik’s offical campaign video with English-French-Italian subtitles

This is the Jobbik’s official campaign clip regarding the referendum held on October 2, in Hungary, about the re-localization of migrants. Vona calls on Hungarians to […]
19/09/2016

DK: Invalid votes could be counted as valid under referendum instructions

Budapest, September 19 (MTI) – The leftist Democratic Coalition (DK) has protested against the National Election Office’s recent instructions to vote counters of the upcoming quota […]
19/09/2016

Referendum – Vote against government by staying at home, say leftist parties

Budapest, September 18 (MTI) – By boycotting the Oct. 2 referendum on European Union migrant quotas, voters will be voting against the government, the opposition Együtt, […]
19/09/2016

Referendum – DK puts out over 500 massive billboards

Budapest, September 18 (MTI) – The opposition Democratic Coalition (DK) has placed over 500 massive billboards as part of a campaign against the government’s Oct. 2 […]
18/09/2016

Referendum – Citizens can contribute to Hungary’s defences on Oct. 2, says defence minister

Budapest, September 18 (MTI) – Hungarian citizens will have a chance to contribute to their country’s defences on October 2 when they vote in the migrant […]
18/09/2016

Migrant quota referendum – Parties, NGOs continue campaigns

Budapest (MTI) – Hungary’s political parties continued their campaigns for the Oct. 2 migrant quota referendum on Saturday with three civil groups joining the fray for […]
17/09/2016

Hungary’s foreign minister: Brussels ‘clearly’ pressing for migrant quota

Budapest (MTI) – The European Commission and the European Parliament have made it “entirely clear” that their support for mandatory migrant quotas is unbroken, Levente Magyar, […]
16/09/2016

Referendum – Hungarian, Norwegian Liberals campaign for ‘yes’ vote

Budapest, September 16 (MTI) – The leaders of the Hungarian and Norwegian Liberal parties on Friday urged Hungarians to vote “yes” in the Oct. 2 migrant […]
16/09/2016

Radio interview – Orbán: Hungary wants to ‘act’ on illegal migration

Budapest, September 16 (MTI) – Hungary’s view on the migrant crisis is that “we must act, not surrender”, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán told public Kossuth Radio […]
15/09/2016

Jobbik: Government foreign labour policy hypocritical

Budapest, September 15 (MTI) – The government is hypcritical in its treatment of foreigners, attracting foreign labour while fighting against migrants through a referendum, the opposition Jobbik […]
15/09/2016

Gyurcsány: Government EU referendum manipulative ‘like 2006 riots’

Budapest, September 14 (MTI) – The government’s referendum on the EU’s migrant resettlement quota is forcing Hungarians into playing an “extremely dangerous and politically damaging” game, […]
14/09/2016

Civil groups urge voters to make referendum invalid

Budapest, September 14 (MTI) – Twenty-two civil organisations have launched a campaign urging voters to stay away from the upcoming quota referendum or participate but cast […]
14/09/2016

Majority of left-wing voters against boycotting quota referendum

Budapest (MTI) – The majority of left-wing voters are against boycotting the Oct. 2 migrant quota referendum, a survey by the Századvég Foundation released on Tuesday […]
14/09/2016

State secretary urges ethnic Hungarian participation in quota vote

  Budapest (MTI) – János Árpád Potápi, the state secretary for ethnic Hungarian communities abroad, has urged ethnic Hungarians to participate in Hungary’s Oct. 2 referendum […]
13/09/2016

Government: Hungary referendum about national sovereignty

London, September 12 (MTI) – Hungary’s migrant quota referendum is a question of national sovereignty, government spokesman Zoltán Kovács said at a roundtable for the press […]
11/09/2016

Referendum – Foreign minister: Hungarians first to declare stance on migration

Budapest (MTI) – It is Hungarians rather than their government for which the October 2 referendum on the European Union’s migrant quota will have a stake, […]
10/09/2016

Orbán calls for fight to change European migration rules

Budapest, September 10 (MTI) – Hungary needs to prepare for a “tough fight” with the institutions of the European Union to change the EU’s mechanism to […]