Vast majority of Hungary’s mayors sign petition against migrant quotas

Budapest, December 7 (MTI) – Nearly 80 percent of Hungary’s mayors have joined a signature drive against the European Union’s migrant quotas, Károly Szita, the head of Hungary’s Association of County Seats, told a press conference on Wednesday.

Szita said that 2,460 mayors had signed the letter to European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, aimed at getting him to withdraw mandatory quotas. He added he hoped that the letter would be “food for thought” for the EC president.

Szita, of ruling Fidesz, who is also the mayor of Kaposvár in south-western Hungary, announced the signature drive late in October. At the time, he said the letter was aimed at focusing the commission’s efforts on protecting the EU’s borders rather than distributing migrants across the bloc.

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Source: MTI