Video: Hungary Is Anti-Migration Government, Whether Brussels Likes It Or Not
- 22 Sep 2018 7:36 AM
RT talked to Hungary’s foreign minister, Peter Szijjarto, about the challenges ahead.
MTI Photo: KKM
RT talked to Hungary’s foreign minister, Peter Szijjarto, about the challenges ahead.
MTI Photo: KKM
The Western world faces a sea change, Prime Minister Viktor Orban said in an interview to public radio on Sunday, arguing that a new "pro-peace, anti-migration and anti-gender" majority was emerging.
Hungary is donating nearly 10 million euros with the aim of advancing peace in Syria and helping Syrian refugees return to their homeland, the state secretary in charge of aid to persecuted Christian communities said on Facebook.
“It is inconceivable” that Hungary could be deprived of its EU presidency in the second half of the year, Gergely Gulyás told a government press briefing. But, he added, Hungary would be “doing the European Union a favour” by providing “a uniform government, with leadership skills and experience…”
The European Parliament on Thursday passed a resolution condemning what it calls “deliberate and systematic efforts” to undermine EU values in Hungary, and expressing concern over Hungary taking over the bloc’s rotating presidency in the second half of 2024.
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