{"id":1039252,"date":"2018-07-29T03:50:15","date_gmt":"2018-07-29T07:50:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bocskairadio.org\/?p=1039252"},"modified":"2018-07-29T03:50:15","modified_gmt":"2018-07-29T07:50:15","slug":"hungary-official-calls-eu-migration-proposal-political-blackmail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bocskairadio.org\/en\/hungary-official-calls-eu-migration-proposal-political-blackmail\/","title":{"rendered":"HUNGARY OFFICIAL CALLS EU MIGRATION PROPOSAL \u201cPOLITICAL BLACKMAIL\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

 <\/p>\n

Prime Minister Viktor Orban has completed \u201ca record-breaking diplomatic schedule\u201d in the past month and met some of the most important world leaders, the state secretary for communications said on Wednesday.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Orban\u2019s recent meeting partners included the German chancellor, the prime ministers of China and Israel, the presidents of Russia and Turkey and he had a telephone conversation with US President Donald Trump, with whom he also exchanged a few words personally during a NATO summit, Tamas Menczer told a press conference.<\/p>\n

All of which means that world leaders pay attention to the Hungarian prime minister and consider him a central European premier whose opinion is important and worth listening to,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Political opponents have criticised the government for isolating Hungary in terms of diplomacy, yet these meetings showed that the opposite is true, he added.<\/p>\n

Menczer said people were paying attention because the Orban government had broken with the opposition\u2019s diplomatic stance of \u201cwe dare to be small\u201d. \u201cWe are respectful but we also have reciprocal expectations,\u201d he said. The government, he continued, had always acted to defend Hungarian interests. \u201cIt doesn\u2019t seek out conflicts, neither does it shrink from them.\u201d<\/p>\n

Furthermore, Orban\u2019s government has responded well to international challenges, he said, insisting that Orban had been the first European leader to recognize the dangers of illegal immigration and to act swiftly to protect the country.<\/p>\n

Orban \u201chas been working for the Hungarian people for 30 years,\u201d Menczer said, noting the PM had not departed from political life even after election defeats. \u201cThis continuity and consistency is clearly appreciated internationally.\u201d<\/p>\n

The direction of Hungarian foreign policy will not change in the future, he said, adding that everything would be done to protect Hungarian security and economic interests.
\nCommenting on Europe, the state secretary said: \u201cWe are interested in a European Union based on strong nation-states while we also maintain pragmatic ties with our eastern and southern partners based on respect.\u201d<\/p>\n

On the topic of migration and a European Commission proposal to pay member states 6,000 euros per migrant taken in, Menczer said the government firmly rejects such payments. The EU should instead spend its budget on border protection and the well-being and security of European people, he added.<\/p>\n

Asked about the possibility that Brussels may plough less money into cohesion funds, Menczer said Hungary had pursued an \u201cexemplary economic policy\u201d in recent years and that it was strange that money would be taken away from a country that complies with EU standards while other countries that fail to comply are rewarded. \u201cThe government will not accept political blackmail,\u201d the state secretary said. \u201cIt would be appalling were Brussels decision-makers to punish the Hungarian people for the government\u2019s policy on migration.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n
\"YouTube