Hungary should reject quota regime in referendum, says Vona

Budapest, September 23 (MTI) – Hungary should reject the European quota regime for the distribution of migrants in a referendum, radical nationalist Jobbik party leader Gabor Vona said on Wednesday.

There should be a constitutional option for a referendum to be held on an EU regulation, he told a press conference in Budapest.

As a last resort, it is worth considering launching a European Citizens’ Initiative, even if it is a “slow and weak process”, Vona said.

Referring to time pressure, he raised the idea of amending the Treaty on the European Union so as to introduce the institution of an EU referendum or enable the resident of any member state to reject an EU regulation in a referendum.

Vona qualified the quota regime as a “bad, unviable” idea which aggravates rather than resolves the problem of migration.

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Source: http://mtva.hu/hu/hungary-matters