Orbán: Hungary expects EU institutions to help, not to hinder efforts

Hungary expects European Union institutions to “help, not hinder our efforts”, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said on Friday.

“We are in the middle of a pandemic, with around 150,000 deaths in Europe,” Orbán told public Kossuth Radio.

Hungary is among the countries with the most successful protective measures.

“When real European cooperation is needed it’s worrying that Brussels bureaucrats who we pay for … are busy slamming us for sport,” he said, adding that they should be involved in seeing to more important matters instead.

Commenting on Thursday’s European Court of Justice ruling against Hungary in connection with its transit zone, he said migration continued to shape European policies and Brussels’ decisions.

They’re trying to force member states, against their will, into letting migrants in.”

“But they won’t manage to dribble the ball past us,” he added.

If the European Court decision goes against Hungary’s constitution, priority must be given to the constitution, he said.

Source: MTI