House speaker: Hungary wants to stay ‘Hungarian country’

Addressing a conference on the subject of the constitution on Friday, House Speaker László Kövér referred to Hungary’s basic law as a “historic document” with the message that “Hungary wants to stay a Hungarian country”.

Kövér told the event organised by the Hungarian Lawyers‘ Association in the supreme court building that according to the constitution, Hungarians “want to live in an able and self-governing state, as a nation preserving its identity, and in a democratic rule of law”.

“This message is not losing its force as time goes by but is getting stronger, and the responses draw a clear, political line between those trying to enforce the nation and democracy and those that seek to destroy them,” Kövér said.

László Trócsányi, MEP of ruling Fidesz, said that the constitution “answers the questions of who we are, where we come from and where we are going”.

Szijjártó: Lack of stability in Afghanistan could trigger migration

Unless stability is achieved in Afghanistan the risk of terrorism could become serious and further waves of migration could be triggered, Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said on Friday.

Speaking at a conference on the subject of NATO’s withdrawal from Afghanistan and its impact on migration, Szijjártó suggested that that country could become “the primary origin of migratory waves” unless “peace, security, and stability” is ensured.

Szijjártó insisted that the risk of migration was also increased by “Brussels’s pro-migration policies”.

“Rather than working to stem migration they are preparing to sign a migration agreement with African and Caribbean countries,” he said, adding that the idea of “sponsored return” was another name for mandatory migrant quotas.

Source: MTI