Merkel rejects Hungarian government’s referendum initiative on migrant quota

Berlin, February 29 (MTI) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel said late on Sunday that she rejected the Hungarian government’s referendum initiative on the European Union migrant quota.

Hungarian Prime Minister “Viktor Orbán … wants a referendum on a question as to whether Hungary should accept 1,294 migrants” out of 160,000 to be distributed among the member states, Merkel said during a live interview on public television ARD. Even then, this number could most probably be decreased because “he has many Ukrainian refugees”, she added.

“This is after all a matter of principle and I can only reject such a course of action”, she said.

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