{"id":32398,"date":"2017-09-09T20:57:03","date_gmt":"2017-09-10T00:57:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bocskairadio.org\/?p=32398\/"},"modified":"2017-09-09T20:57:03","modified_gmt":"2017-09-10T00:57:03","slug":"orban-sends-second-letter-juncker-hungary-not-immigrant-country-not-want-become-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bocskairadio.org\/en\/orban-sends-second-letter-juncker-hungary-not-immigrant-country-not-want-become-one\/","title":{"rendered":"ORB\u00c1N SENDS SECOND LETTER TO JUNCKER: \u201cHUNGARY IS NOT AN IMMIGRANT COUNTRY AND DOES NOT WANT TO BECOME ONE\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In a letter of response to the European Commission (EC) President Jean-Claude Juncker, Hungary\u2019s Prime Minister Viktor Orb\u00e1n has insisted that the EC President\u2019s \u201cinterpretation of solidarity conforms neither to EU law nor the historical traditions of Hungary\u201d.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cUnlike some other major EU member states, Hungary does not have a colonial past,\u201d the PM said, adding that immigrant countries had obligations arising from their colonial past. \u201cHungary is not an immigrant country and does not want to become one.\u201d<\/p>\n

Viktor Orb\u00e1n wrote to Jean-Claude Juncker that he was pleased that the\u00a0Commission President, in his recent letter to Orb\u00e1n<\/a>, had recognised Hungary\u2019s efforts to protect the European Union\u2019s external border. \u201cOver the past two years, Hungary has been protecting the common borders by mobilising Hungarian resources, with a heavy budgetary burden, by building a fence and deploying thousands of border guards,\u201d the letter said.<\/p>\n

Addressing Juncker\u2019s point that Hungary had refused some EU funds, Viktor Orb\u00e1n wrote: \u201cHungary must always behave like a Schengen-border country, but for geographical reasons, migrants cross the borders of the EU of other EU member states, especially Greece. It is for this reason that Hungary has not participated in projects that do not make this issue clear, and it does not want to do so in future either.\u201d<\/p>\n

Prime Minister Viktor Orb\u00e1n said in his letter to the European Commission president Hungary could not accept being forced to change.\u00a0He wrote in the English-language letter:<\/p>\n

The interpretation of the principle of solidarity described in your letter is essentially nothing other than the demand that Hungary transform itself into an immigrant country against the will of Hungarian citizens. This is not solidarity in my view but force.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Hungarian PM said he was baffled by passages in Jean-Claude Juncker\u2019s letter that drew a connection between the issue of migration and cohesion funding. \u201cSuch a connection does not exist; neither is it allowed by European law.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Hungarian government\u2019s view is that much of the cohesion funding lands with the companies of countries paying into the fund, so the economies of large EU member states have profited greatly from cohesion spending. This is also true of the opening of the markets of new member states.\u201d<\/p>\n

Viktor Orb\u00e1n also expressed his \u201castonishment and incomprehension\u201d at reading that the commission was disinclined to accede to Hungary\u2019s request for border control funding. \u201cIt is my conviction that whoever refuses to support the fence, cannot and does not want to protect the citizens of the European Union.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWherever there are mass attempts to cross borders illegally, without physical obstacles it is impossible to defend them,\u201d the letter said. \u201cIf instead of defending the borders the European Commission only willingly finances measures and institutions for receiving migrants, instead of halting migration, we would give new incentives to hundreds of thousands of planning to migrate to Europe.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is why I\u2019d like to\u00a0repeat the Hungarian government\u2019s request<\/a>\u00a0that the European Union pay half the cost of Hungarian measures, including the fence, aimed at protecting the common Schengen borders,\u201d Orb\u00e1n wrote, adding that the costs to the Hungarian taxpayer had amounted to 270 billion forints (EUR 883m) over the past two years. \u201cThe fence and Hungarian border hunters protect not only Hungarian citizens but Austrian, German and other EU citizens, too,\u201d the letter concluded.<\/p>\n

via hungarymatters.hu and kormany.hu; photo: Gergely Bot\u00e1r \u2013 kormany.hu<\/em><\/p>\n

hungarytoday.hu<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

In a letter of response to the European Commission (EC) President Jean-Claude Juncker, Hungary\u2019s Prime Minister Viktor Orb\u00e1n has insisted that the EC President\u2019s \u201cinterpretation of solidarity conforms neither to EU law nor the historical traditions of Hungary\u201d.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cUnlike some other major EU member states, Hungary does not have a colonial past,\u201d the PM said, adding that immigrant countries had obligations arising from their colonial past. \u201cHungary is not an immigrant country and does not want to become one.\u201d<\/p>\n

Viktor Orb\u00e1n wrote to Jean-Claude Juncker that he was pleased that the\u00a0Commission President, in his recent letter to Orb\u00e1n<\/a>, had recognised Hungary\u2019s efforts to protect the European Union\u2019s external border. \u201cOver the past two years, Hungary has been protecting the common borders by mobilising Hungarian resources, with a heavy budgetary burden, by building a fence and deploying thousands of border guards,\u201d the letter said.<\/p>\n

Addressing Juncker\u2019s point that Hungary had refused some EU funds, Viktor Orb\u00e1n wrote: \u201cHungary must always behave like a Schengen-border country, but for geographical reasons, migrants cross the borders of the EU of other EU member states, especially Greece. It is for this reason that Hungary has not participated in projects that do not make this issue clear, and it does not want to do so in future either.\u201d<\/p>\n

Prime Minister Viktor Orb\u00e1n said in his letter to the European Commission president Hungary could not accept being forced to change.\u00a0He wrote in the English-language letter:<\/p>\n

The interpretation of the principle of solidarity described in your letter is essentially nothing other than the demand that Hungary transform itself into an immigrant country against the will of Hungarian citizens. This is not solidarity in my view but force.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Hungarian PM said he was baffled by passages in Jean-Claude Juncker\u2019s letter that drew a connection between the issue of migration and cohesion funding. \u201cSuch a connection does not exist; neither is it allowed by European law.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Hungarian government\u2019s view is that much of the cohesion funding lands with the companies of countries paying into the fund, so the economies of large EU member states have profited greatly from cohesion spending. This is also true of the opening of the markets of new member states.\u201d<\/p>\n

Viktor Orb\u00e1n also expressed his \u201castonishment and incomprehension\u201d at reading that the commission was disinclined to accede to Hungary\u2019s request for border control funding. \u201cIt is my conviction that whoever refuses to support the fence, cannot and does not want to protect the citizens of the European Union.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWherever there are mass attempts to cross borders illegally, without physical obstacles it is impossible to defend them,\u201d the letter said. \u201cIf instead of defending the borders the European Commission only willingly finances measures and institutions for receiving migrants, instead of halting migration, we would give new incentives to hundreds of thousands of planning to migrate to Europe.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is why I\u2019d like to\u00a0repeat the Hungarian government\u2019s request<\/a>\u00a0that the European Union pay half the cost of Hungarian measures, including the fence, aimed at protecting the common Schengen borders,\u201d Orb\u00e1n wrote, adding that the costs to the Hungarian taxpayer had amounted to 270 billion forints (EUR 883m) over the past two years. \u201cThe fence and Hungarian border hunters protect not only Hungarian citizens but Austrian, German and other EU citizens, too,\u201d the letter concluded.<\/p>\n

via hungarymatters.hu and kormany.hu; photo: Gergely Bot\u00e1r \u2013 kormany.hu<\/em><\/p>\n

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Addressing Juncker\u2019s point that Hungary had refused some EU funds, Viktor Orb\u00e1n wrote: \u201cHungary must always behave like a Schengen-border country, but for geographical reasons, migrants cross the borders of the EU of other EU member states, especially Greece. It is for this reason that Hungary has not participated in projects that do not make this issue clear, and it does not want to do so in future either.\u201d Prime Minister Viktor Orb\u00e1n said in his letter to the European Commission president Hungary could not accept being forced to change.\u00a0He wrote in the English-language letter: The interpretation of the principle of solidarity described in your letter is essentially nothing other than the demand that Hungary transform itself into an immigrant country against the will of Hungarian citizens. This is not solidarity in my view but force. The Hungarian PM said he was baffled by passages in Jean-Claude Juncker\u2019s letter that drew a connection between the issue of migration and cohesion funding. \u201cSuch a connection does not exist; neither is it allowed by European law.\u201d \u201cThe Hungarian government\u2019s view is that much of the cohesion funding lands with the companies of countries paying into the fund, so the economies of large EU member states have profited greatly from cohesion spending. This is also true of the opening of the markets of new member states.\u201d Viktor Orb\u00e1n also expressed his \u201castonishment and incomprehension\u201d at reading that the commission was disinclined to accede to Hungary\u2019s request for border control funding. \u201cIt is my conviction that whoever refuses to support the fence, cannot and does not want to protect the citizens of the European Union.\u201d \u201cWherever there are mass attempts to cross borders illegally, without physical obstacles it is impossible to defend them,\u201d the letter said. \u201cIf instead of defending the borders the European Commission only willingly finances measures and institutions for receiving migrants, instead of halting migration, we would give new incentives to hundreds of thousands of planning to migrate to Europe.\u201d \u201cThis is why I\u2019d like to\u00a0repeat the Hungarian government\u2019s request\u00a0that the European Union pay half the cost of Hungarian measures, including the 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