The majority of Members of Parliament take the view that national sovereignty must be protected, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó told journalists in summary of the five-party consultation held on Tuesday morning.
The Minister pointed out at his press conference in Budapest: Prime Minister Viktor Orbán instructed Justice Minister László Trócsányi to prepare proposals for the Wednesday cabinet meeting regarding possible action against the mandatory quotas which will – based on the five-party consultation – enjoy the support of the majority of the parties in Parliament.
The relevant government resolution will be presented to Parliament as the Government wishes to embark on the fight against the mandatory quotas with a powerful authorisation, he explained, and added that the deadline of 4 December gives the Government time to meet the parties’ request.
The Justice Minister will also consult with his Slovak and Czech counterparts on the issue in the near future.
Regarding the outcome of the consultation, Mr Szijjártó concluded that the majority of MPs support a position, based on which law and order must be restored in Europe and national sovereignty must be protected.
He stated: neither Hungary, nor Europe is interested in the maintenance of the decision on the mandatory immigrant quotas.
The Minister reiterated: while the European Council came to the conclusion twice that if there are quotas, they can only be voluntary, the European Commission tabled a proposal to the contrary effect, and the Council of justice and home affairs ministers did not approve the quotas based on a consensus but by way of a majority decision.
As a result, a non-existent legal concept came into being, and the European Commission effectively amended the Dublin Convention, despite the fact that this could not have taken place in this form. A decision of this nature cannot be adopted without the national parliaments, and there may be a strong case of the withdrawal of Member State rights and the violation of national sovereignty, the Minister pointed out.
Mr Szijjártó was queried about the press report that he will part with the management of diplomacy. He replied: the first news regarding the division of the Ministry emerged at the beginning of the year, and this has not happened since. In answer to whether he requested this, the Minister said: he would remember having made such a request, but there was no discussion between the Prime Minister and himself to this effect.
This is yet another false report like the one that emerged in January and proved to be unfounded, he said.
(Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade/MTI)
