31 January 2019
"The current European Parliament should make no decision on issues related to migration and rule of law as it does not represent the will of EU citizens, a high-ranking Hungarian government official told EURACTIV Croatia in an interview."
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See: Budapest: This EU Parliament should stop deciding on migration and rule of law (EurActiv, link)
"We believe that this outgoing Parliament should not make such decisions as it does not reflect the will of most European citizens. And with such hard decisions, it should wait until the formation of a new Parliament,” said Dr Judit Varga, the minister of state for EU relations at the Hungarian prime minister’s office, said.
Varga blamed a majority of pro-immigration lawmakers in the European Parliament for using the rule of law argument against Hungary in order to pressure the country to change its migration policy.
Hungary is accused of refusing to collaborate with other EU member states on handling the migration crisis and of not implementing EU decisions on migration quotas."
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