“What is at stake at the elections is whether Hungary will have a government that focuses on the future of the people, or one that is pro-immigration”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó declared at a public forum on Tapolca on Wednesday.

“Our unified and orderly Christian society is a treasure, and migration is dangerous, but it can be stopped, in the current government’s view”, Mr. Szijjártó declared.

“Curbing migration and preserving the Hungarians’ right to decide who they will allow into the country is the only thing that can guarantee the security of the people living here”, the Fidesz politician stressed.

The Minister spoke about the fact that there is a global debate ongoing with regard to migration, and accordingly this issue is also becoming the central topic of national political campaigns. Concerning the UN debate, Mr. Szijjártó said the basic premise of the Compact for Migration is that migration is good and unstoppable. “This is, however, easy to refute because the fact that many people risk their lives during the course of migration and that 27 terrorist attacks have taken place in Europe over the course of two and half years claiming 330 lives and injuring 1300 people cannot be called a good thing”, he said.

“The wave of migration also provides an opportunity for terrorist organisations to send their terrorists to Europe. In the autumn of 2015, Hungary stopped 400 thousand immigrants, proving that the mass flow of people can indeed be prevented” he continued.

He also spoke about the fact that we want nothing to do with “behaviour that totally disregards our cultural traditions”, and this is why the Government has spent one billion euros on border protection, thus also proving their solidarity with the countries of Western Europe. “While the European Union and the UN believe that international efforts must be aimed at organising migration, the Hungarian Government believes we must strive to curb migration”, he stressed.

“If Hungary were to have a pro-immigration government then the mandatory resettlement quota would be realised through the amendment of the Dublin regulation, and the debate in the United Nations would also lean in a pro-immigration direction”, Mr. Szijjártó explained.

At the press conference following the public forum, the Minister stressed that although disputes are to be expected with relation to the distribution of EU funding during the upcoming financing period, we shouldn’t be worried that the level of funding will drop simply because “the Government is representing people’s security at various international forums”.

“The sober, collected and rational decision of voters will be required on 8 April”, Mr. Szijjártó highlighted.

Parliamentary Candidate Zoltán Fenyvesi said the elections were critical, and we will be deciding on the future of our children and grandchildren, adding that increasing GDP, reduced unemployment, higher wages and allowances for pensioners prove that the Government is on the right track. “This is what it would like to continue to do if elected, while focusing on the interests of local people”, he added.

(MTI)