Referendums are all the rage these days. After the shock Brexit vote in the UK, the next country to hold a major plebiscite will be Hungary, which is staging a referendum on 2 October 2016 about the EU’s unpopular migrant resettlement plans.
The referendum question is controversial, with critics arguing it has been designed to make a “Yes” vote seem unpatriotic, and practically guarantees a rejection. Here’s the official wording:
Do you want the European Union to be able to mandate the obligatory resettlement of non-Hungarian citizens into Hungary even without the approval of the National Assembly?
Hungary was hit hard by the refugee crisis. In 2015, hundreds of thousands of migrants arrived in Hungary via the Balkans, many transiting to Germany and other Western European countries. Some EU countries have been affected more than others by the crisis, including Italy, Greece, Sweden, and Germany (which welcomed more than 1 million refugees in 2015).
In an effort to share the burden more equally, the European Commission is proposing a quota system. The plan would establish a permanent and mandatory way of relocating refugees from countries that have received a disproportionate number of asylum claims. Potentially, EU Member States could be fined up to €250,000 for each refugee they refuse to accept.
However, Hungary’s Prime Minister, Viktor Orbán, is very unhappy with the proposals. In fact, he has filed a lawsuit against the EU at the European Court of Justice, as well as calling a referendum, which is expected to reject the proposals decisively. If so, Hungary’s vote will throw a major spanner in the works for the EU’s refugee strategy.
Should Hungary reject the EU’s migrant quotas in Sunday’s referendum? How do you think Hungarians will vote? And how should the EU react? Let us know your thoughts and comments in the form below, and we’ll take them to policymakers and experts for their reactions!
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Hungary has lurched so far to the far right it should be kicked out of the EU.
And you wold decide to do so… Who are you?
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It is their right to do so & they probably will. Why should they suffer for German arrogance.
Yup. Germany has proved to be the problem of Europe. Never could lead properly. Always did do from a German viewpoint. Kick ’em out of Europe if we want to save Europe.
They will never be Europeans. .they don’t belong here
But Greeks are for sure, who transferred all those undocumented people to the Balkans and who later arrived in our country (Hungary) disrupting trafic in our train stations, on our highways, refusing to give fingerprint, participating in the registration process and leaving only trash behind. No thanks, not here.
@Dimitris Jebelos
Hmm, there are many beggar nations that should be kicked out of the EU.
What country do you hail from old chap?
Says a greek, who stole EU money and went bankrupcy, then let all those “refugees” go further without any control. Man, Greece, the thief country doesn’t belong to the civilised Europe, you are exactly like Turkey, just use other alphabet. Shame on you!
Yup. Germany has proved to be the problem of Europe. Never could lead properly. Always did do from a German viewpoint. Kick ’em out of Europe if we want to save Europe.l looks like we should kick every country of the 27 out of the EU. Alone, Britain should stay in.
Sure they can reject….and then leave the EU…can’t be one rule for one and another for everyone else.
You are right. There can’t be one rule for Germany (inviting migrants without limits and documentation) and another for other countries to follow the Schengen rules, trying to document and register them, give health screening and shelter for juveniles. It was only Hungary who followed the rules of EU.
Sam, just wondering:
HUN as a net EU beneficiary would somehow do the EU27 a favor to follow a Brexit (lowering the general financial burden for the rest- but shrinking the total contributions to its budget). The UK shortfall has somehow still be allowed and the future EU budgets revised). HUN shows some rare braveness in highlighting the Dublin failure (& more)- frustrating the EC.
Couldn’t your referendum not been better utilized by combining two question on one paper: namely: leave the EU (Y/N) & Quota (Y/N)?
It appears, the club of nations of the “dissent chanted” is growing. Sooner or later these grouping will & should start considering & discussing “alternative structures” together- as solution for the unsustainable present situation. How big is the appetite for that? I foresee, such situation will sooner or later arise.
It is their right to choose … What EU do use force against democracy ?
The common vision of EU leaders is the US of EU.
Each and everyone with different opinion is anti-EU.
Only the EU vision is correct, other ideas not true.
Read the Verhoftstadt TL on Facebook.
We need to work as closely as possible together in Europe.
Therefor is the current EU and it`s euro the biggest faillure ever.
No one is able to devaluate it`s currency anymore. With the current historical bad economical and social problems as an result.
They should be free to choose wheter or not to. How about we flood Luxembourg with 4 times its popilation worth of migrants?
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‘EU solidarity’ is just another way of saying ‘occupation by another country’, in this case Germans.
To be part of the EU offers rights and also responsibilities.Those who want to only profit form the advantages would be better to leave the EU.I have always thought that the Eu expanded too fast before stabilising.It may have been due to geopolitical interests mainly but it has harmed more than helped as we see from the current ‘crisis’.It would have been best to stop at 14 Memeber countries and then stabilise for a decade.Since it is too late for this now I think it is only right that those countries which do not want to accept responsibilities to the EU should leave it .The Eu will be better off without them in the long run.
None of the post-communist countries have profited from joining EU. On the contrary, our countries were colonized and depleted of industry, agricultural land and our intellectuals in the good old European way.
@Sam I agree.
Can you explain to me exactly how allowing the refugees permanent settlement is helping the EU? Sure, it’s helping the refugees (some of which are no doubt genuine refugees in need of help) and I’ve no doubt it’s a noble if misguided idea that started this situation of refugees/immigrants/terrorists coming to Europe. But ultimately it has caused thousands of deaths through drowning and hardship for those said European countries. Because someone said we will take you, they came in droves. Even now they come. It would have been better to say we’ll come to you, get to your nations nearest border a red cross facility will be waiting for you protected by a U.N. Peacekeeping force and a no fly zone. Whatever you do, don’t try to cross the Mediterranean using half a barrel filled with six people!
@Erika Belair
FYI Poland has profited from EU membership – its economy did not shrink during the recession.
It is their country , it is their choice
It is a quota system so every country ought to get only as many refugees as they can afford.In any case EU has expanded too quickly before stabilising and has included countries for geopolitical reasons.Hungary needs to accept a quota of refugees as being memeber of EU does not include only rights but also responsibilities.If they do not want to accept they may choose to leave the EU.In the long run it would be better to have less membership countries and more stability and responsibility in the EU.Too many of the newcomers are trying to get the advantages without the responsibilities….’cherry picking ‘ is out ….
We haven’t invited any refugees (A.Merkel has and already acknowledged that it was a bad decision) and when we found out what a mess they do here (and elsewhere in EU) our gov’t has decided to defend the sovereinity of the country. This is what Greeks and Italians failed to do and everybody is suffering the consequences.
@Erika Belair
‘Advantages without responsibilities’?
Who democratically decided to invite the world and his uncle to the EU?
Which country has a severe demographic deficit issue and actually needs 11-12 million new citizens in the next few years else its economy [and power] will collapse?
Those are invaders not refugees. Everyone should have the right to decide with whom they want to live.
And stop deleting my posts. Or the we also need quotas to talk?
Why the fuss for only 1300 immigrants?
I like how many people here are saying Hungary should leave the EU. Do you really want more countries to start leaving the EU?
Absolutely,the EU is a failed project,a dictatorship ,when oh when will you open your eyes and SEE !
No!
Who is Hungria?
They have already be helped!
1800!
Hungarius
Lost their memorie!
yes
Yes
The problem in Europe is not immigrants but the oppressive policies of the false austerity.
If they reject EU should reject Hungarians too. Either they are in in full spirit, or out.
The EU wants to exercise right over sovereign countries they don’t have any right to do. Hungary rejects decisions to be stipulated without her consent.
@Carolina Muro Rosa
Ya mein Fuhrer!
According to you, nations and their people are not allowed to exercise their own opinion!
Yes, they should
Just like every other country that wants to remain European. The Germans can have all the economic migrants if they want them so much
Yes
1. Human Rights are not to be put to referendum.
2. Whoever wants European money should accept europen values.- Hungary rejecting the relocation plan should lead to the conversation of the framework that will expell barbaric countries outside the EU.
Anti-refugee=anti-human=barbarian.
You ate anti-brain
Considering from your name you are a Greek. You had better comply with the Schengen rules, which stipulates everybody entering the EU should be registered and documented and EU wouldn’t have ended up with more than a million undocumented migrants with whatever number of terrorists among them. Thank you Greece!
Refugees have the right to asylum, in the next safe country they arrive in. Not in the country they feel they can get the most free money out of. So, talk me through this idea Hungary would be breaking their humanitarian requirements by saying no?
@Alexandros Apostolidis
Ah, so ‘European values’ can be bought eh?!
So much for risible ‘European values’!
Hungary was for centuries ander otoman ocupation, so western european countries without that experience, have no right to judge.
Thank you!! This was my first thought too. Western Europeans don’t remember how the Turkish army occupied the castle of Buda (Its basically Budapest). I tell you: The Turkish sultan invited the baby king of Hungary to his camp for decision making, the turkish soldiers were let into the castle to visit it for sightseeing, when enough turkish soldiers were in the castle they disarmed the guards and took the castle, and the Hungarian king and his helpers should leave tha castle.
Yes.Germany wanted them let them keep them or send them back.
Yes.So should everybody else exept from Germany.It’s not other people’s fault Germans elected crazy Angela Merkel.All migrants should only go to Germany.
Germany should take all migrants.Angela Merkel invited them and no other country should suffer because of her poor judgments.
Hungary is a sovereign nation it can decide for itself what it wants to do, it was Germany that said to the world come to Europe so Germany should take all of them
If Hungarians feel it is the way for their country to go, by democratic means, then yes, it has to be right for them.
It is not the business of the EU to be telling them what they must put up with because EU busy bodies have a penchant for giving refuge with tax payers money. It is not for the UN to interfere either. Until every person who has office in some public organisation or other puts up four refugees or immigrants inside their own home spare bedroom, then and only then, you may have a right to ask the man or woman in the street to follow suit.
And unless people who have office are willing to hand over all their spare cash for these refugees, rather than stop bombing their lives to hell, they must stay out of our lives with any issue they feel they want to sell.
See Eurostat data about how many migrants Hungary had actually helped without quotas. Lots more than economic power UK, for example.
UK is doing it correctly, we’ve sent aid to the source of the problem to help them.
@Bódis Kata
Would you please be so kind as to provide the ‘Eurostat’ link please?
Yes. We all should. EU is supposed to be an equal partnership. Yet non elected politicians are dictacting what we all should do. When mayority of citizens voted for controlled migration and borders. EPP political program stated it. Many Europeans are fed up with this supposed moral obligation that we supposedly have. How about politicians moral obligations to us and to not support rebels, really terrorist expanding islam, in Syria, or Lybia or Ukraine. So, absolutely, each state has it’s obligations to it’s citizens. And it’s the citizens right to choose to accept or not “refugees” especially those who don’t integrate. As a side note. Was looking at some Saudi prince instagram. Some guy called Baber al saud which shows his lavish lifestyle, multi million dollar cars like the bugatti chiron. And he has an areal pic of refugees on a boat with a caption of “may allah keep them safe in their journey to Europe”. What a hypocritical pos. He lives this lavish lifestyle in Europe with his multimillion dollar cars. Wishes good luck to refugees, yet his country supports ISIS, which is same faction of islam. And his country, which has billions, available housing and same religion, yet takes in zero, ZERO refugees. Hypocrisy at it’s best. Yet we Europeans have a moral obligation. FU!!!
Well if so, they can go to, like the English.
They should accept the quotas. However it is their decision. And I do think they will refuse them.
HUNxit on the line of sight?
The referendum should be throught out the EU with a simple qirstion DO Europeans want to allow states in that they are , in Europe, only for the free ride.
@Evans Dimitriou
What country do you hail from old bean?
The referendum is a joke, in Europe with responsibilities or out without is the only question. Free rides are not allowed.
@Nickos Mylopoulos
What country do you hail from old bean?
They will
The people of Hungary should vote with their hearts and heads. What they should not do is let EU bueracrats influence their decision. Its their country. Not Jynkers or Shultz’s
They should!!
i agree fully with Hungarian actions against immigrants….Greece should do the same
All these so called refugees can go to Saudi Arabia
Of course Hungarian will reject the refugees quotas !
YES!
YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I think that every European country should organise referendums before settling millions of undocumented muslims on their territory. People have the right to decide with whom they want to live with. On other side forcing quotas, can be dangerous in the future as it would create a precedent and as the world will never go out of migrants this could be a never ending migration/invasion.
FOR SURE YES !
They should and they will reject this bullshit. 100% sure. Hungarian are not bolsheviks.
Hungarians
Am I the only one here who sees the irony of Hungary and these other ‘visegrad’ central European nations,that are so up in arms about economic migrants entering their countries, are perfectly happy to see their own citizens leave as economic migrants to other richer parts of Europe,a case of double standards maybe?.
Yes. Wr from the SE of the EU do not have a guilt trip like the West does.
Everyone should,
YES! A caps lock “YES”!!!
Yes
YES!YES!YES!!!!
Bravo hungary bravo….but not for har cov its romania…
People in this comment section are sickening
You liberals are sickening.You are out to destroy european nations
#teamHungary :D
yes you should unless you want to be robbed your women be raped and in the future your children to be oppressed and feel like a minority and be treated like filth
Yes.. Send the animals back to their jungle!
Jungle?
Yes, they should, because such is the policy of their prime minister, the running party and the feelings of Hungarian people.
them back to from where they are! not to turn Europe into the third world.we are not kamikaze to accept, eat and endure our future killers!GO BACK IN ARABIA,they no place here!
Hungarexit !!! (y)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNVfipethjY
Yessss
of course they MUST reject all those not legal emigrants….every country should do it…
reject them
All their history the Hungarians proved they had big balls, let’s hope that this time too they will prove the same thing.
Hell yeah
Who the hell is Merkel to tell other countries who they should take in?
Yes of course. They should clear the rest of refugees. Down to the very last one. AND without a referendum.
Wake up Hungarian people. At least you have leaders with balls not like Malta, Germany France and other idiotic EU member state leaders.
A facut bine daca vin toti in europo inseamna ca tarile lor vor dispare dupa harta si asta nu ar fi tot fac si crime O sa ajungem sa ne fie frica si ziua sa mergem pe strada
maradjanak ott ahol vannak itt is van rengeteg szerencsétlen ember azokat kell segíteni .
yes
Υεσ
YES
Yup! All of Europe should reject these degenerates!
Dear hungary… Too easy to be gay with someone else’s ass
Yes yes yes they should, and so should all European countries.
German invitation, German problem.
This vote will not be valid as a majority will not go vote… It will be a huge defeat for Orban…
Bravo hungary kill all migrants
What a vicious and heartless statement.
Absolutely Yes!
absolutly…
migrants are a Germany business
Hungry should be kicked out of EU
Problema refugiatilor trebuie rezolvata de catre cei care i-au chemat sa ,,invadeze”Europa…..e problema Ungariei sa decida daca sa accepte cota obligatorie data de UE si a celorlalte state pe care vor sa le oblige sa accepte!!! E problema interna a fiecarui stat dar personal consider ca avem destule probleme cotidiene nerezolvate si fiecare guvern este obligat sa se preocupe de viata si sanatatea tarii pe care o conduce!!!! Cine i-a facut pe migranti sa porneasca la drum sa le asigure traiul!!!!!
Yes defo
Ηey there Hungarian people….remember to vote with wisdom ….Not all fingers are the same…That counts for your country…Not all of refugees are terrorists…not all Europian people are the same…Would you triger a bomb in a camp with 10.000 people if you knew that one orvtwo of them just might be a potential terrorist?
The Magyars will reject it
Europeans and especially Hungarians, Slovaks, Croats, Slovenians who do not know what Fundamental Rights and Democracy is, they should realize that they belong to the christian civilized West that destroyed the countries where the refugees come from. So they should stop building fences and start thinking as humans. The era that all the above countries were collaborating with the axis its gone. Fascism and nazism does not belong to Europe.
the muslims are rioting, beating up our citizens and raping them – we dont want them thank you very nuch
its nothing to do with fascism or nazism – its about protecting our society – which they are ruining
i want protect for alli eu
Ru nu sunt de acord cu cotele și cu imigranții , pentru că nu există UN PLAN GENERAL DE REÎNTOARCERE ACASĂ A ACESTORA ! UE nu vorbește deloc , despre reîntoarcerea imigranților LA EI ACASĂ și să se apuce de reconstruirea țărilor din care provin . toate planurile Ue , vorbesc doar de integrarea lor în populația europei . Să plece de unde au venit și să se apuce de MUNCĂ -NU LA CERȘIT !!! OAMENII ACEȘTIA SUNT CAPABILI DOAR DE VIOLURI ȘI CRIME CONTRA CREȘTINILOR !
Good job Hungary, I wish my country to be like H
Definitely, kick the migrant vermin out of Hungary
muslims in orient, europe is for europeans ONLY!
This is every countries right to reject who they want. Personally I think the man has balls
Cine sa rezolve oculta mondiala ei ii au chemat!
Yes
http://foreignersandfriends.com/hungarian-referendum-resettlement-quota-ngos-blasting-budapest-government/
Yes, definitely So should we if we run a referendum.
England is now a giant refugee camp since many millions come here,the government say this is a good thing but the people say it is not and are not happy,
:(. ;( :( i hate Hungria
Yes if they have any sense !!
Their country their decision not the rest of europe. Shame our leaders have not got the same balls
I still don’t understand why the refugees’ neighboring countries don’t accept them. I mean, Qatar, UAE, etc. Isn’t it better for the refugees to be in their environment, with their culture, religion, etc.? Why should Europe take the responsibility when their “brother” countries don’t take it? I agree with Hungary not accepting them. It is a question of keeping society/life safe and not discrimination. Unfortunately, many refugees are committing crimes and cannot adapt to the law/rules in Europe.
WHEN COUNTRY IS FREE CAN DO WHAT EVER LIKE
Hungary must decide what is right for them . Only they have the answer . If they vote to accept EU quotas great , if they don’t , they don’t .
Let me say how I, as a hungarian woman think about this. We don’t want to reject those, who are in real need because of their religion or a war in their homeland. But we must speek about millions of migrants comimg to Europa. We just don’t want to let in those, who doesn’t have any documents to prove who they are, and why they need our help just because the EU leaders (who i don’t knoe how informed are in the real situation about migrants) said so.
This situation is similar to the 15th-16th cenctury, when our country were to defend Europa againt the osman invasion.
For the osman invasion I want to add that, no Western European countries were in hurry to give us some help, we were alone in that situation too, and covered the ass of Western Europeans with hundreads of thousands Hungarian lives. And only ofter 150 years of osman occupation, we got helped from westerns, and what did we got, another foreign ruler of our cuntry, the Hasburgs, well played western Europe, well played. But Hungary remembers.
The biggest problems for me with this exodus to Europe of these immigrants from north Africa/the middle east are;
1) war refugees are only temporarily displaced and so shouldn’t be encouraged to permanently resettle elsewhere, or what happens to their country after peace is established?
2) The risk to life involved in making such a vast journey for genuine people in need is too great to be acceptable.
3) smugglers, who may well be involved in even less agreeable crimes than human trafficking are profiting from these people.
4) it is causing dissention between the countryfolk of the EU nations who are taking them in and facing as a consequence civil unrest, increases in crime and added strain on amenities and infrastructure.
5) there was no correct system in place to be able to process all these people before they arrived. Nobody really knows how many are genuine refugees, how many are criminals, how many are simply looking for a way into a European based life, and how many are terrorists.
6) refugees in other parts of Africa over the long and bloody history of genocides and warlords have never been given this treatment (to be sure, some have been granted asylum but never a welcome all comers approach) so are we suggesting their right to life is somehow less meaningful?
7) asylum is meant to be claimed at the first safe country a refugee gets to. This system would mean humanitarian efforts could be concentrated at the border countries and would be of more use. Why is the EU now ignoring international law and spreading the deaths out all along the route to Europe?
So, with all these complaints from a personal point of view I can understand people wanting the ability to say no. But that said, surely if they all go to Germany, get granted visa’s how can Hungary stop them moving to Hungary? Open borders right?
Nah. Hungary and its sad despotic fascistic government is irrelevant. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/apr/15/hungary-political-regression-repression-racism
I hope so. If democratic values were unable to overcome the dictatorship that the EU has become, one can only hope that the hungarian dictatorship may fight fire with fire.
I’m completly wordlessly with what I’m reading here “send the animals to their jungle” I can’t believe that a human been is talking about human beens that way.
Even with all the mess that refugees are impacting in EU still people. So many hungariens asked for exile during the comunist regime. Personally I’ve nithing against hungariens but a lot against the Orban and company. Please stop having this small mind. EU is not perfect but still keep important links within nations, I’m sure that if it blowup we will have a European Yugoslavia and then will be us the refugees.
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The march to freedom from the EU is now unstoppable, its just a matter of time.
Yes,in my view the EU is on the brink of collapse.
Why don’t we start at the beginning. International, USA, interest in the middle east. Destroying countries and civilization. With the help of Europe
Nobody takes responsibility for that,all are the blame. Let’s call it KARMA. What you sow is what you reap. And then cry wolf when these human beings need support. You guys are a bunch of hard core pessimists and egoïsts. AMEN
The referendum question is controversia “Do you want the European Union to be able to mandate the obligatory resettlement of non-Hungarian citizens into Hungary even without the approval of the National Assembly?” WTF ? What is controversial in this question ? I’m Polish and I want my local politicians (not some bastards from Brussels and for sure not bastards from Berlin) decide who and in what number we agree to accept. Local politicians can lose mandate to rule if they will do something against my will … European bureaucrats are not elected. Lots of things EU says about Democracy these days …. what is more democratic than referendum ?
Question “Do you want the European Union to be able to mandate the obligatory resettlement of non-Hungarian citizens into Hungary even without the approval of the National Assembly?” is absolutely right because people should decide where most important decisions about their lifes will be taken … in Budapest or Brussels/Berlin.
Congrats to the Hungarian goverment,
I mean every state should be able to choose about these issues.
By the way, I don’t think that only Hungarians are against this mass illegal refugee movement that takes place the last few years, but only Hungarys goverment had the determination to give power to the people.
By the way many places in Greece are suffering greatly from this situation, it’s not our choice to receive all this wave of illegals,
the sea borders however are impossible to barricade as you did with the fetch.
Nato is patrolling the area, as well as greek forces and european forces without results, they just move them safely to the islands and thousands are gathering waiting to be allocated to other countries.
BUT European citizens don’t want them, or at least the didnt have the chance to express their opinion.
Thank you Hungary once again, I am hoping more will follow your example.
Love and Greetings.
Message to Brussels, STOP this madness, send them back massively, build a city in a muslim peaceful state where arabic is spoken, invest there, keep small shares and make a small profit out of it.
Think outside the box, help the people, dont destroy your own.
Better for them, better for us, easier for you.
The EE is dead, this is the 4th Reich by stealth!!!
Yes. A vote to halt immigration conflicts with EU law and puts Hungary on a collision course with the EU
Well, all whose favorite man is Viktor Orban most of the Hungarian would be happy if you take him away from Hungary. Yesterday even he said on the radio this referendum is nothing to do with the migrant . And they don’t care about the results they government will do what every they want. So we just throw away about 4 billion for this referendum. Hungary would be nowhere without the European Union. This is a shame what our politicians do. We want the EU money but we want to give back nothing.
No
no, it just reflect a real concern about European security, for all EU countries, to be quickly answered https://faitdiversfrance.wordpress.com/
1) Get Russia in.
2) Support Assad retaking control of Syria
3) Support Donald J. Trump election.
4) Force Angela Merkel to resign.
5) Change the EU treaties towards a more decentralised EU with the EU reaching out every citizen.
Eventually the EU will survive, stronger and stronger than ever…
No, it isn’t. This refendum has very little to do with the EU. It’s all about an internal power demonstration…
The refugee crisis is a problem of the whole EU. Obviously all members must share the burden. Orban is a sneaky ruler that wants to take advantage of all the benefits and avoid responsibilities. Of course other members won’t be abused by this.
You enter a group voluntarily, you have to comply to the same rules as everyone else.
If Hungary and Poland prefer nationalism, racism and xenophobia then they need to be fined and expelled from the EU. Those are not EU values.
UE either moves to a political union or it is most likely doomed to failure. As for me, having an USE would be great, though nationalism is strong these days and it would be extremely hard for people to accept a “foreigner” ruling over them.
Which are the EU values, you mean the German values. You strangle Greece and you are talking about values but your time is near to the end and so the German EU.
Honesty, work ethic, a drive for better aspirations and quality, employee rights, merit based development are the EU values. Cheating on others and building nationalism in order to cover up one’s wickedness are not EU values.
Which are the EU values, you mean the German values. You strangle Greece and you are talking about values but your time is near to the end and so the German EU.
If it was, the EU survival won.
If it was, the EU survival won.
Nope. What a silly proposition..
There was proximately 60% of Hungarian who did no support this xenophobic referendum.
True. We are Europeans, it’s official now. We proved it.
The answer is to the prerogative of the Hungarian people. However, a “no” response would signify the non-proportional application of the quotas- which may very well spark a wave of further distrust to the EU. This is a time to reflect on the values which sustain the EU: Should it be an alliance of sovereign states, or a federation of autonomous republics?
Why should the EU be in favor of migrants? Are our governments aware of the poor demographics we are in? Are they aware of the many terrorists threats all over Europe from the same people they want to welcome in? Do they want for us to become minorities in our own countries? To hell with the migrants. You should be supporting us, not theses 3rd World people. Where were you when massive unemployment hit Greece? Oh that’s right you were giving the measures that were causing that mass unemployment. You should be serving us, the Europeans, not people from the Middle East, they have many rich countries where they already share the same language and religion. No to the migrants!
Congratulations to the Hungarian people who said NO to Victor Orban’s politics and to Putin’s geopolitical plan
Hungary is a European country. It’s citizens are Europeans.
Orban has to resign.
Hungary is an OECD high-income mixed economy with very high human development index and Viktor Orbán is one of us and he is doing exactly what Hungarian people want ! Hungary was in good condition before joining Europe and will be if it would leave ! Our budget deficit is so small that our reserves would be enough for more than 2 decades to figure out how to fill this hole without Europe! Europe need Hungary exactly as much as Hungarian people need to be part of Europe! Regarding letting people into Hungary from any country it is up to Hungarian people to decide ! I personally think it would do more good than bad if we would let them in !
Hungary must take the burden too of the membership. Taking the advantages but withrawing when difficulties arise would be low brow peasantry. I am glad that the Hungarians were cleverer than their iliberal junta.
With Britain out as a possible moderator, With France in troubles with her own internal issues and Germany trapped between the pressure of the countries in her sphere of influnce and the strong stance and leadership in the refuges policy, is there any doubt that the EU is drifting? Surely the hesitations in the decision regarding the next UN Sec general is prof of that!
And no one even bother to vote. Irrelevant government, irrelevant policies.
Hungarians clearly showed EU the finger! Made my day.
Simply why EU does not give a damn about what its peoples think and want ? EU is supposed to be a link between us to organize, not a master among us who tells us what we have to think and do.
Those who invited them should take them in.
I honestly think that there is always a way to do something and there is a way to figure out everything. I think there is a way to distribute migrants evenly in order to keep the population from boiling over.