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Prime Minister Peter Magyar and opposition politicians clashed in parliament this week over how long the Tisza government could resist the European Commission’s migration pact.
The Budapest Times reports that László Toroczkai, leader of the right-wing Mi Hazánk party, told the prime minister that he could not continue presenting himself domestically as the brave Hungarian proudly waving the national flag for a while longer. He pointed out that the Tisza Party, as a member of the European People’s Party (RPP), sits in the European Parliament’s largest political group, from which European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen also originates.
Toroczkai argued that it was von der Leyen’s Commission that had pushed the European Court of Justice toward what he called a scandalous ruling, under which Hungary must pay a daily fine of one million euros for maintaining its firm position on migration.
In response, Prime Minister Peter Magyar first noted that the total fine, caused by the Orban government, had now risen to nearly HUF 400 billion.
He then argued that all EU member states protect their external borders and keep illegal migrants out in accordance with EU law.
