Lázár: EC Forcing Migrant Quotas Onto Member States
- 15 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
Government office chief János Lázár said the European Commission was attempting to force mandatory migrant quotas onto member states but Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is looking for political allies against the plan. At a regular government press briefing Lázár noted that Hungary has challenged the mandatory quota scheme at the European Court of Justice and that Poland has joined the lawsuit on its side. Germany, Greece, Sweden, Luxembourg, Italy, France and Belgium have taken the side of the European Commission, he said.
He said the government was holding two separate series of talks with parliamentary parties on “protecting Hungary”. Talks on the planned antiterror measures are going well, he said, adding that they have entered the phase of expert consultations on amending 23 laws.
The government has accepted the opposition’s proposals on the planned amendments to the criminal code as well as on the defence procurements and government surveillance. There are also a number of other proposals that the government is ready to consider.
He said the other series of talks centred on the proposed amendments to the constitution and the national defence law regarding the deployment of the army in a state of crisis due to mass migration. The Socialist Party has chosen not to take part in these talks.
On another subject, the government office chief said Hungary is contributing 4.6 billion forints (EUR 14.8m) to the EU’s aid to Turkey to help migrants.
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