The two ministers agreed on the importance of justice cooperation in combatting terrorism. Trócsányi said the central register he proposed could be established in the framework of such cooperation while respecting data protection aspects.

Prison overcrowding was also a topic of their talks, he noted, adding that he had requested his French colleague’s support for a central European initiative aimed at using EU funds for building new prisons. Regulations on hate crime and discussed victim protection also featured on the agenda.

The minister said he met MEPs of the Union for a Popular Movement (UMP), the French partner party of Hungary’s ruling Fidesz, to brief them on the political and economic situation in Hungary as well as values set in the country’s fundamental law.

He expressed his concern that the enforcement of the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality at a European level were not appropriate.

Trócsányi told them that the issues of political refugees and migration were in two separate categories. Those persecuted on political grounds must be handled as refugees, whereas migration driven by economic consideration must be “reconsidered”.

The issue must be addressed at a European level considering that the principle of free movement of persons refers only to EU citizens.

Source www.hungarymatters.hu

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