A recent document by the legal service of the European Commission has “revealed the greatest lie by Brussels”, according to Hungary’s Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó.
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Speaking at a press conference, Szijjártó said that the Hungarian government “calls on the European Commission to stop making secret plans to make the UN compact mandatory and publish all relevant documents completed so far”.
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He added that the government would call on the EC to report on “any such secret plans” at a foreign affairs council session on March 18.
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Citizens of the European Union have a right to know “what secret plans the European Commission is making behind their backs to further undermine the continent’s security”, Szijjártó told public Kossuth Radio on Monday.
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He insisted that it was “well-known” that “Brussels would cram the United Nations’ Migration Compact down the throat of each European country”.
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He noted that Hungary was the first EU member to reject the document, while 8 other countries followed suit.
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Before the UN vote on the compact, “Brussels kept pulling the wool over our eyes saying that it would not be legally binding”, Szijjártó said, adding that “still, the word obligation is used 80 times in the document passed”.
He insisted that work is under way both in New York and Brussels” to make the compact a point of reference “gradually, through the back door” at the conferences and in documents of international organisations.
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“They are attempting to do everything possible to make the Compact mandatory for everyone”, he declared.
He highlighted the fact that the UN Global Compact for Migration “does nothing other than legalise illegal migration, and according to its definition declare that every country in the world must participate in migration”.
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He stressed that the Hungarian people have a right to make it clear that they do not want to live in an immigrant country, and that they do not consider migration as a fundamental human right.
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According to Szijjártó, the endeavour of the European Commission is dangerous, because if the Global Compact for Migration is made mandatory then for instance migrants would have to be provided with the same services as people who live on a country’s territory legally and pay taxes there.
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“And this would further inspire migration processes, which in turn would increase the threat of terrorism”, he added.