Orban: Hungary will never become nation of migrants
VIKTOR ORBAN warned he would never allow Brussels to transform Hungary into “a country of migrants” yesterday, ahead of an unprecedented vote today in the European Parliament that could strip Budapest of its EU voting rights.
MEPS will vote today on whether to trigger Article 7, an EU law drafted to ensure respect for democracy and the rule of law, amid fears that Mr Orban is turning Hungary into a dictatorship.
“You believe you know better than the Hungarians themselves,” Mr Orban told MEPS, after arriving late to yesterday’s debate. “Hungary will be condemned because Hungarians have decided their country is not going to be a country of migrants.”
Hungary will become the first country to face the procedure because of a European Parliament vote, if it is passed by the required two thirds majority.
Poland is also undergoing the Article 7 process, but in its case this was triggered by the European Commission rather than a parliament vote.