The Deputy Prime Minister pointed out: confusing the issue of refugees with the issues of shortage of labour and demography is the biggest mistake which we can make.
The mandatory distribution of refugees among the Member States with a view to resolving the migration crisis is an issue of such gravity that the opinion of the people and European societies cannot be avoided. It gives rise to major concern if the people’s opinion can be swept off the table, Szabolcs Takács stated in Brussels on Tuesday.
One day before the summit in Bratislava, Denmark, Sweden, Finland and Norway instituted proceedings against Hungary because we do not want to take in migrants from them, János Lázár, the Minister heading the Prime Minister’s Office told the newspaper Magyar Nemzet in its Tuesday issue.
The State Secretary for Nation Policy takes the view that the forced resettlement of migrants poses a threat to autochthonous national minorities, and is therefore unacceptable.
“The statement by the European Commission’s spokesperson on Monday has proven that Brussels is continuing to stick to the mandatory relocation quota, and so it is clear why we must go out and vote no on 2 October”, Senior Advisor to the Prime Minister András Giró-Szász said in Szeged at a public forum.
Electors may adopt a decision at the referendum of 2 October which will have an impact for many long decades, the Minister heading the Prime Minister’s Office stated at a public forum in Székkutas.
The number of Hungarians from beyond the borders registering for the 2 October referendum has increased by almost a third compared with the previous vote, the State Secretary for Nation Policy stated before the National Cohesion Committee of Parliament on Monday.
People are not required to state their opinion on the Government or Viktor Orbán, but may decide on their own fate at the referendum of 2 October, the Minister heading the Prime Minister’s Office pointed out.
Some 370,000 asylum-seekers have been registered in Hungary to date who may be sent back by Western-European countries on the basis of international law, the Minister heading the Prime Minister’s Office told the newspaper Magyar Nemzet.
The EU should remain the Europe of nations – this is what the Hungarian Prime Minister will stand for, together with the Visegrád countries, at the EU summit to be held in Pozsony (Bratislava) on Friday, János Lázár, the Minister heading the Prime Minister’s Office said at the press conference Governmentinfo 62 which he held jointly with Government Spokesperson Zoltán Kovács.