Viktor Orban: Hungary vs Brussels

Brussels has launched a new, absurd, and unjust attack against Hungary with yesterday’s migration decision.

The claim by the European Commission that Hungary is not affected by the migration crisis is outrageous in itself and completely detached from reality. Hungary is the most stable bastion of defence in Europe, and even this year tens of thousands have attempted to enter illegally. We stopped them with our border fence and thousands of border guards, which Brussels punishes with a fine of €1 million/day.

We have closed the southern route, but with the migration pact we now face a western front. The latest Brusselian decision requires that from next July Hungary must either take migrants in from other European countries or pay for them. I want to make it absolutely clear once and for all that as long as Hungary has a national government, we will not implement this outrageous decision. Anyhow, July is far away.

Elections are coming next April. The Hungarian people must make an important choice: do they want a government that will strike a deal with Brussels and accept the migration pact, or do they stand with the national government and a migrant-free Hungary?

Orbán Viktor