Orban to EU: Hungary is “not a nation
of migrants” by Ann Corcoran, 9/12/18.
‘You condemn us because we are not a nation of migrants,’ Orban tells EU before sanctions vote.
Hungary is going to be condemned because the Hungarian people have decided that this country is not going to be a country of migrants.”
Invasion of Europe news…..Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban
stood firm before the EU Parliament yesterday in the face of a so-called
Section 7 vote, an effort to force him and Hungary to open borders to the
migrant invaders arriving in Europe by the tens of thousands each year.
Orban at the European Union: You are not
going to condemn us for wanting to save our Christian nation!
Here
is what Russia Today says,
but there are many similar accounts of what happened if RT makes you squeamish.
Hungarian
Prime Minister Viktor Orban delivered a fiery speech to European lawmakers in
Strasbourg, before they began deliberations on suspending the country’s key EU
rights due to his government’s policies.
Orban accused the “pro-migrant majority” of having “already made up
their minds” to invoke the European Union Treaty’s Article 7 against Hungary, for its treatment of migrants and
minorities, and the ruling party purported abuse of the law and suppression of
media freedoms.
“Hungary will not accede to this blackmailing, Hungary will protect its
borders, stop illegal migration and – if needed – we will stand up to you,”
said Orban, who was re-elected with an overwhelming majority in April.
Calling
the proceedings an “insult” to his nation, Orban called Hungary the “defender
of Europe” and spoke of its “different view on Christianity in Europe, the role
of nations and national culture.”
“These differences cannot be a reason to brand
any country and be excluded from joint decisions. We would never go as far as to silence those
that do not agree with us,” said the Hungarian prime minister, as the majority
of the chamber sat in silence, while his mostly Euro-skeptic supporters
cheered.
Article 7 is applied if an EU member state
presents a “systemic threat” to the bloc’s values, which Hungary was adjudged
to have done in a report by Green MEP Judith Sargentini earlier
this year, and could result in Budapest losing its voting representation in
various European bodies, becoming a pariah state in the union. Sargentini is
from The Netherlands and a member of the Green Left.
Vote is today! RT continues…It requires for two-thirds of
MEPs to vote in favor of accepting the report on Wednesday, after European
Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker delivers his annual State of the Union
speech.
This
is considered likely, but all the other EU nations would then need to agree
unanimously to punish Budapest. Such consensus has never been achieved, meaning
that Article 7 has never been implemented, and is not likely this time either. More here.
And,
in the Guardian story about the speech we are told Orban said
this: “But still I have come
here today because you are not going to condemn a government but a country as
well as a nation. You are going to denounce Hungary that has been a member of
the family of Christian nations for a thousand years.”
For
previous posts on Hungary, go here. And,
you will find my ‘Invasion of Europe’ archive here. And, one more thing! When is
President Trump going to invite Prime Minister Viktor Orban to the White House?
Norb Leahy, Dunwoody
GA Tea Party Leader
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