News in Brief Justice Minister: Austria is “a most important ally” for Hungary in promoting its position against mandatory migrant quotas Sep 28, 2020 Justice Minister Judit Varga met Karoline Edtstadler, Austria’s minister for EU and constitutional affairs, for talks in Budapest on Friday.
News in Brief State Secretary rejects Jourová's comment on migration question in national consultation Jun 11, 2020 Zoltán Kovács has rejected EC Vice President Věra Jourová's comment on one of the questions in the forthcoming "National Consultation" questionnaire as "fake news".
News in Brief FM: UN law stokes migration Sep 26, 2019 “There is no such thing as people waking up one morning with the decision that they want to live in another country, and in order to do so will breach dozens of countries and their sovereignty,” Minister Szíjjártó said.
News in Brief FM: Hungary will not bow to pressure or blackmail over migrant quotas Sep 18, 2019 “We will not yield to the blackmail of either Soros’ NGOs, western (European) governments or Brussels,” Minister Szíjjártó said. “We will not implement the compulsory settlement quota and we will continue to oppose it as we did so far.”
Blog Wondering what PM Orbán meant with that reference to the Soros plan? Here it is Aug 04, 2017 - Zoltán Kovács Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has made a number of references to a Soros plan to bring one million “refugees and migrants” into Europe each year. Some are skeptical, but the doubters haven’t familiarized themselves with the facts. The plan is real.
News in Brief Hungary's foreign minister responds to Austrian Chancellor's comments on migrant resettlement quotas Jul 28, 2017 Péter Szijjártó, minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, said Europe wants to punish countries that do not want to allow illegal immigrants through their borders
News in Brief EC to conduct "show trial" against Hungary over migrant distribution quotas Jul 14, 2017 Pál Völner, state secretary at the Justice Ministry, pointed out how the EC had not launched infringement procedures against all member states that have refused to comply with the scheme
News in Brief Hungarians have decided that they do not want illegal immigrants in their country Jun 16, 2017 PM Orbán insisted that “record high” participation in the government’s latest nationwide public survey means that “a whole nation is looking for ways to support its position of denying entry to people of a different culture or civilization”
News in Brief The V4 group "stands united" on the issue of migration Jun 13, 2017 The 2015 EU decision of issuing a migrant quota to every member state “is unacceptable because it goes against common sense and because it infringes upon EU treaties”