{"id":36149,"date":"2018-02-10T20:53:45","date_gmt":"2018-02-11T01:53:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bocskairadio.org\/?p=36149"},"modified":"2018-02-10T20:53:45","modified_gmt":"2018-02-11T01:53:45","slug":"belgian-pms-comments-potential-punishment-v4-countries-generate-heated-reactions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bocskairadio.org\/en\/belgian-pms-comments-potential-punishment-v4-countries-generate-heated-reactions\/","title":{"rendered":"BELGIAN PM\u2019S COMMENTS ON POTENTIAL PUNISHMENT OF V4 COUNTRIES GENERATE HEATED REACTIONS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bocskairadio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/orban-viktor-morawiecki-mateusz.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-36150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bocskairadio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/orban-viktor-morawiecki-mateusz-600x332.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bocskairadio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/orban-viktor-morawiecki-mateusz-600x332.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.bocskairadio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/orban-viktor-morawiecki-mateusz-696x385.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.bocskairadio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/orban-viktor-morawiecki-mateusz-300x166.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bocskairadio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/orban-viktor-morawiecki-mateusz.jpg 749w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/orbanviktor\/videos\/10155933865846093\/\">In a video message<\/a>\u00a0posted to his Facebook page on Tuesday, Prime Minister Viktor Orb\u00e1n criticized recent comments by his Belgian counterpart Charles Michel, who had earlier had suggested punishing Visegr\u00e1d 4 countries (a grouping which includes Hungary, Poland, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia) if they continued to reject the EU\u2019s agreed-upon refugee quota plan.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Orb\u00e1n first noted that the national board of the ruling Fidesz party yesterday discussed a comment by the Belgian prime minister that central European countries would \u2018have to accept migrants\u2019.\u00a0 He then claimed that\u00a0<em>\u201cWe cannot give in to extortion. For us, Hungary is first. We will fight those who want to change the Christian identity of Hungary and Europe.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0In his comments, the Belgian PM had said that the European Council, together with heads of government and of state, would decide on Europe\u2019s migration policy by a qualified majority at a summit in June.\u00a0\u00a0He said an ultimatum would be issued to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/hungarytoday.hu\/?s=v4\">Visegrad Group (V4)<\/a>\u00a0countries that chose to \u201creject solidarity\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Fidesz spokesman Imre Pusk\u00e1s claimed that Brussels had completely ignored the Visegrad countries\u2019 opposition to the migrant quotas; he claimed that the Belgian PM\u2019s announcement was a part of the supposed \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/hungarytoday.hu\/?s=soros+plan\">Soros plan<\/a>\u2018 (a term which the Orb\u00e1n government has been employing in recent months to attack Hungarian-American billionaire George Soros in the lead-up to April\u2019s parliamentary elections).<\/p>\n<p>In Bratislava, Foreign Minister P\u00e9ter Szijj\u00e1rt\u00f3\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/hungarytoday.hu\/news\/bilateral-relations-slovakia-excellent-szijjarto-bratislava-15146\">said\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0that\u00a0Michel\u2019s \u201cultimatum\u201d is \u201ccoercion\u201d that Hungary will never yield to and that the words of the Belgian PM are \u201c<em>shocking<\/em>\u201d as this was supposedly the first occasion when Brussels openly prepared for pushing through migrant quotas, disregarding the opinions of certain EU countries.<\/p>\n<p>Thus far, the Visegrad countries have generally been on the same page with regards to opposing the quota system; if the EU\u2019s governing bodies truly wish to push forward with their plan a\u00a0harsh diplomatic battle can be expected, as the V4 countries together represent a powerful group within the EU. It remains a question, however, if they can stick together, as there were signs in the past that Slovakia, for example, could be convinced to side with the EU in the event of a dispute.<\/p>\n<p><em>via MTI and magyaridok.hu<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>image via Illy\u00e9s Tibor\/MTI<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Source:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/hungarytoday.hu\/news\/belgian-pms-words-potential-punition-v4-countries-generated-harsh-reactions-89000\">hungarytoday.hu<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bocskairadio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/orban-viktor-morawiecki-mateusz.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-36150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bocskairadio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/orban-viktor-morawiecki-mateusz-600x332.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bocskairadio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/orban-viktor-morawiecki-mateusz-600x332.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.bocskairadio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/orban-viktor-morawiecki-mateusz-696x385.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.bocskairadio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/orban-viktor-morawiecki-mateusz-300x166.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bocskairadio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/orban-viktor-morawiecki-mateusz.jpg 749w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/orbanviktor\/videos\/10155933865846093\/\">In a video message<\/a>\u00a0posted to his Facebook page on Tuesday, Prime Minister Viktor Orb\u00e1n criticized recent comments by his Belgian counterpart Charles Michel, who had earlier had suggested punishing Visegr\u00e1d 4 countries (a grouping which includes Hungary, Poland, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia) if they continued to reject the EU\u2019s agreed-upon refugee quota plan.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Orb\u00e1n first noted that the national board of the ruling Fidesz party yesterday discussed a comment by the Belgian prime minister that central European countries would \u2018have to accept migrants\u2019.\u00a0 He then claimed that\u00a0<em>\u201cWe cannot give in to extortion. For us, Hungary is first. We will fight those who want to change the Christian identity of Hungary and Europe.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0In his comments, the Belgian PM had said that the European Council, together with heads of government and of state, would decide on Europe\u2019s migration policy by a qualified majority at a summit in June.\u00a0\u00a0He said an ultimatum would be issued to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/hungarytoday.hu\/?s=v4\">Visegrad Group (V4)<\/a>\u00a0countries that chose to \u201creject solidarity\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Fidesz spokesman Imre Pusk\u00e1s claimed that Brussels had completely ignored the Visegrad countries\u2019 opposition to the migrant quotas; he claimed that the Belgian PM\u2019s announcement was a part of the supposed \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/hungarytoday.hu\/?s=soros+plan\">Soros plan<\/a>\u2018 (a term which the Orb\u00e1n government has been employing in recent months to attack Hungarian-American billionaire George Soros in the lead-up to April\u2019s parliamentary elections).<\/p>\n<p>In Bratislava, Foreign Minister P\u00e9ter Szijj\u00e1rt\u00f3\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/hungarytoday.hu\/news\/bilateral-relations-slovakia-excellent-szijjarto-bratislava-15146\">said\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0that\u00a0Michel\u2019s \u201cultimatum\u201d is \u201ccoercion\u201d that Hungary will never yield to and that the words of the Belgian PM are \u201c<em>shocking<\/em>\u201d as this was supposedly the first occasion when Brussels openly prepared for pushing through migrant quotas, disregarding the opinions of certain EU countries.<\/p>\n<p>Thus far, the Visegrad countries have generally been on the same page with regards to opposing the quota system; if the EU\u2019s governing bodies truly wish to push forward with their plan a\u00a0harsh diplomatic battle can be expected, as the V4 countries together represent a powerful group within the EU. It remains a question, however, if they can stick together, as there were signs in the past that Slovakia, for example, could be convinced to side with the EU in the event of a dispute.<\/p>\n<p><em>via MTI and magyaridok.hu<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>image via Illy\u00e9s Tibor\/MTI<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Source:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/hungarytoday.hu\/news\/belgian-pms-words-potential-punition-v4-countries-generated-harsh-reactions-89000\">hungarytoday.hu<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":36150,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[166],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36149","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>BELGIAN PM\u2019S COMMENTS ON POTENTIAL PUNISHMENT OF V4 COUNTRIES GENERATE HEATED REACTIONS &#8211; Bocskai R\u00e1di\u00f3<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bocskairadio.org\/en\/belgian-pms-comments-potential-punishment-v4-countries-generate-heated-reactions\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"BELGIAN PM\u2019S COMMENTS ON POTENTIAL PUNISHMENT OF V4 COUNTRIES GENERATE HEATED REACTIONS &#8211; Bocskai R\u00e1di\u00f3\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In a video message\u00a0posted to his Facebook page on Tuesday, Prime Minister Viktor Orb\u00e1n criticized recent comments by his Belgian counterpart Charles Michel, who had earlier had suggested punishing Visegr\u00e1d 4 countries (a grouping which includes Hungary, Poland, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia) if they continued to reject the EU\u2019s agreed-upon refugee quota plan.\u00a0  Orb\u00e1n first noted that the national board of the ruling Fidesz party yesterday discussed a comment by the Belgian prime minister that central European countries would \u2018have to accept migrants\u2019.\u00a0 He then claimed that\u00a0\u201cWe cannot give in to extortion. For us, Hungary is first. We will fight those who want to change the Christian identity of Hungary and Europe.\u201d\u00a0In his comments, the Belgian PM had said that the European Council, together with heads of government and of state, would decide on Europe\u2019s migration policy by a qualified majority at a summit in June.\u00a0\u00a0He said an ultimatum would be issued to\u00a0Visegrad Group (V4)\u00a0countries that chose to \u201creject solidarity\u201d.  Fidesz spokesman Imre Pusk\u00e1s claimed that Brussels had completely ignored the Visegrad countries\u2019 opposition to the migrant quotas; he claimed that the Belgian PM\u2019s announcement was a part of the supposed \u2018Soros plan\u2018 (a term which the Orb\u00e1n government has been employing in recent months to attack Hungarian-American billionaire George Soros in the lead-up to April\u2019s parliamentary elections).  In Bratislava, Foreign Minister P\u00e9ter Szijj\u00e1rt\u00f3\u00a0said\u00a0\u00a0that\u00a0Michel\u2019s \u201cultimatum\u201d is \u201ccoercion\u201d that Hungary will never yield to and that the words of the Belgian PM are \u201cshocking\u201d as this was supposedly the first occasion when Brussels openly prepared for pushing through migrant quotas, disregarding the opinions of certain EU countries.  Thus far, the Visegrad countries have generally been on the same page with regards to opposing the quota system; if the EU\u2019s governing bodies truly wish to push forward with their plan a\u00a0harsh diplomatic battle can be expected, as the V4 countries together represent a powerful group within the EU. 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For us, Hungary is first. We will fight those who want to change the Christian identity of Hungary and Europe.\u201d\u00a0In his comments, the Belgian PM had said that the European Council, together with heads of government and of state, would decide on Europe\u2019s migration policy by a qualified majority at a summit in June.\u00a0\u00a0He said an ultimatum would be issued to\u00a0Visegrad Group (V4)\u00a0countries that chose to \u201creject solidarity\u201d.  Fidesz spokesman Imre Pusk\u00e1s claimed that Brussels had completely ignored the Visegrad countries\u2019 opposition to the migrant quotas; he claimed that the Belgian PM\u2019s announcement was a part of the supposed \u2018Soros plan\u2018 (a term which the Orb\u00e1n government has been employing in recent months to attack Hungarian-American billionaire George Soros in the lead-up to April\u2019s parliamentary elections).  In Bratislava, Foreign Minister P\u00e9ter Szijj\u00e1rt\u00f3\u00a0said\u00a0\u00a0that\u00a0Michel\u2019s \u201cultimatum\u201d is \u201ccoercion\u201d that Hungary will never yield to and that the words of the Belgian PM are \u201cshocking\u201d as this was supposedly the first occasion when Brussels openly prepared for pushing through migrant quotas, disregarding the opinions of certain EU countries.  Thus far, the Visegrad countries have generally been on the same page with regards to opposing the quota system; if the EU\u2019s governing bodies truly wish to push forward with their plan a\u00a0harsh diplomatic battle can be expected, as the V4 countries together represent a powerful group within the EU. 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