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Hungary's PM Says Brussels Cannot Ignore "Migrant Quotas" Vote
- 8 Oct 2016 1:00 AM
- video
Almost all those who voted in a referendum in Hungary on Sunday rejected EU migrant quotas, but the turnout was too low to make the poll valid.
Only around 40% of eligible people cast a ballot falling short of the 50% threshold.
Nevertheless the country's hardline right-wing Prime Minister Viktor Orban said the result can not be ignored by Brussels:
Official: Rejection Of EU Quotas Brings New Obligations For Govt
- 7 Oct 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The result of last Sunday’s referendum, in which more than 3 million people rejected European Union migrant quotas, has established new obligations for the Hungarian government both at home and abroad, a government official said.
Szijjártó: Central Europe’s Chinese Ties Serve Wider European Interests
- 7 Oct 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Europe must be open to outside partners and allies and not be inwardlooking, Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said at a conference on Chinese ties.
Orbán Informs Juncker About Referendum Result
- 7 Oct 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has written to Jean-Claude Juncker, president of the European Commission, about the outcome of Hungary’s Oct. 2 referendum on EU migrant quotas.
Vona Seeks Meeting With Orbán To Discuss Constitutional Amendment
- 6 Oct 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Gábor Vona, the head of the radical nationalist Jobbik party, on Wednesday said he had asked for a private meeting with the prime minister to discuss a potential collaboration between their parliamentary groups in passing a constitutional amendment to reflect the outcome of Hungary’s migrant quota referendum.
PM Hopes To Get Sufficient Support For Planned Amendments
- 5 Oct 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán expressed hope that his proposed amendments to the constitution would get the required two-thirds majority in Parliament. The premier said he believed that lawmakers would “move along the right scenario”. He added that a 50% turnout in the referendum would have validated “voters’ voices in themselves,” but at 43% turnout parliament needs “to give an extra push”.
A New Unity Has Been Established In Hungary
- 5 Oct 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
At a press conference in the Parliament Building on Tuesday, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said that “The fact that in the referendum on 2 October there was a 98 per cent majority voting ‘no’ to mandatory relocation means that a new unity has been established in Hungary: a unity beyond party politics, which regards protecting our sovereignty as a national issue”.
Referendum – DK: Orbán Voted For Quotas
- 5 Oct 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The president of the European Council has confirmed in a letter that Prime Minister Viktor Orbán in February voted in favour of European Union migrant quotas, the spokesman of the opposition Democratic Coalition party said on Tuesday. Zsolt Gréczy told a news conference that DK’s managing director, Csaba Molnár, had turned to Donald Tusk, the council’s president, with a request for information on ...
LMP: Quota Referendum ‘Complete Failure’
- 5 Oct 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Sunday’s referendum on migrant quotas was a “complete failure” and “damaging”, co-leaders of the opposition LMP party told a press conference. Bernadett Szél said that Prime Minister Viktor Orbán had “set up a trap for himself”. The invalid vote weakens the government’s standing, she added.
Hungary's PM Says Brussels Cannot Ignore "Migrant Quotas" Vote
- 8 Oct 2016 1:00 AM
- video
Almost all those who voted in a referendum in Hungary on Sunday rejected EU migrant quotas, but the turnout was too low to make the poll valid.
Only around 40% of eligible people cast a ballot falling short of the 50% threshold.
Nevertheless the country's hardline right-wing Prime Minister Viktor Orban said the result can not be ignored by Brussels:
Official: Rejection Of EU Quotas Brings New Obligations For Govt
- 7 Oct 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The result of last Sunday’s referendum, in which more than 3 million people rejected European Union migrant quotas, has established new obligations for the Hungarian government both at home and abroad, a government official said.
Szijjártó: Central Europe’s Chinese Ties Serve Wider European Interests
- 7 Oct 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Europe must be open to outside partners and allies and not be inwardlooking, Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said at a conference on Chinese ties.
Orbán Informs Juncker About Referendum Result
- 7 Oct 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has written to Jean-Claude Juncker, president of the European Commission, about the outcome of Hungary’s Oct. 2 referendum on EU migrant quotas.
Vona Seeks Meeting With Orbán To Discuss Constitutional Amendment
- 6 Oct 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Gábor Vona, the head of the radical nationalist Jobbik party, on Wednesday said he had asked for a private meeting with the prime minister to discuss a potential collaboration between their parliamentary groups in passing a constitutional amendment to reflect the outcome of Hungary’s migrant quota referendum.
PM Hopes To Get Sufficient Support For Planned Amendments
- 5 Oct 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán expressed hope that his proposed amendments to the constitution would get the required two-thirds majority in Parliament. The premier said he believed that lawmakers would “move along the right scenario”. He added that a 50% turnout in the referendum would have validated “voters’ voices in themselves,” but at 43% turnout parliament needs “to give an extra push”.
A New Unity Has Been Established In Hungary
- 5 Oct 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
At a press conference in the Parliament Building on Tuesday, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said that “The fact that in the referendum on 2 October there was a 98 per cent majority voting ‘no’ to mandatory relocation means that a new unity has been established in Hungary: a unity beyond party politics, which regards protecting our sovereignty as a national issue”.
Referendum – DK: Orbán Voted For Quotas
- 5 Oct 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The president of the European Council has confirmed in a letter that Prime Minister Viktor Orbán in February voted in favour of European Union migrant quotas, the spokesman of the opposition Democratic Coalition party said on Tuesday. Zsolt Gréczy told a news conference that DK’s managing director, Csaba Molnár, had turned to Donald Tusk, the council’s president, with a request for information on ...
LMP: Quota Referendum ‘Complete Failure’
- 5 Oct 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Sunday’s referendum on migrant quotas was a “complete failure” and “damaging”, co-leaders of the opposition LMP party told a press conference. Bernadett Szél said that Prime Minister Viktor Orbán had “set up a trap for himself”. The invalid vote weakens the government’s standing, she added.