Szijjártó said the justice ministry’s proposals would be submitted to parliament. He noted that the government needs the approval of the legislative body to put up a fight against migrant quotas. He said the justice minister would consult his Slovak and Czech counterparts on the matter in the near future.

Szijjártó noted that while the European Council had concluded twice that migrant quotas should only be implemented on a voluntary basis, the European Commission pushed for mandatory quotas, a proposal which the council of interior and justice ministers later approved.

The minister said the decision on mandatory quotas has created a “non-existent legal term”, meaning that the EC “has practically amended the Dublin Agreement in a way it should not have been allowed to”.

Such decisions should not be made without the involvement of national parliaments since this raises the possibility that the national sovereignty of member states will be violated, Szijjártó said.

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