Nobody has authorised the EU to revoke member states’ sovereignty regarding who may live in a given country, he said, adding “every country has the right to decide who its citizens are and whom it will allow to enter its territory”.

However, he resisted calls from Jobbik for a referendum on the quota system, arguing that the Basic Law forbids referendums on matters governed by an international treaty.

Jobbik deputy caucus leader Dániel Z. Kárpát said in a statement that no treaty on a quota exists yet.

Source: Hungary Around the Clock

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