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PM Orbán: Tisza Party approves of EU's Migration Pact

Implementing the Migration Pact would mean "building a refugee camp for tens of thousands", the prime minister said.

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said the opposition Tisza Party approves of the European Union's Migration Pact, which would mean that "Brussels decides who can enter Hungary".

Speaking in the Fight Hour programme broadcast online on Monday morning, PM Orbán recalled Tisza leader Peter Magyar "sitting in the front line clapping ... in support of the Hungarian way" during the prime minister's public appearances only about a year and a half ago, and now, leading an opposition party "he advocates a different path".

PM Orbán insisted that these days, a prerequisite for "a European politician striving for compromise with the European Commission" was to adopt the Migration Pact. "This is what Tisza says, but you need a good ear to understand," the prime minister said.

Implementing the Migration Pact would mean "building a refugee camp for tens of thousands", he said, adding that "Hungary has been imposed that obligation, but the country does not comply". The Pact would also involve "accepting that if many migrants arrive in Europe, Brussels would decide how many should come to Hungary."

"The Migration Pact would mean the end for Hungary," PM Orbán said.