It may be necessary to review the basic treaties that established the EU, according to the Hungarian Prime Minster. The Schengen treaty needs to be corrected because some countries keep the regulations but others such as Greece do not, he said in an interview public radio on Friday. “The time has come to ask some basic questions about the European Union”, Viktor Orbán.
“Hungarians don’t like belonging to an international treaty that some members rigorously and orderly respect but others neglect.” National solutions are needed to tackle the issue of illegal migration rather than a European solution, he insisted. Orbán said that “the need for a European solution” is “miracle blah-blah” because the European solution would inevitably be the sum of member states’ solutions.
Commenting on the compulsory quotas for distributing migrants, he said the Hungarian position is that the quota system must be disabled because it would spread terrorism in Europe. Viktor Orbán added, however, that Hungary is not in a winning position on this issue because the other side stubbornly insists on “unrealistic positions.”
Commenting on the European Commission’s infringement procedure in connection with the planned expansion of the Paks nuclear power station, the Prime Minister told public radio that it is in Hungary’s basic interest to operate and expand the Paks plant because electricity prices would sharply rise without Paks. “Cheap electricity equals Paks”, he said, adding that “we will continue moving forward.” “The operation of Paks is the number one precondition for cheap electricity in Hungary,” he said.
The Hungarian government will carry out the Paks investment, he said, adding that in the recent period, no nuclear power station project was subject to a tender procedure in Europe, for instance, in Finland. “One could again mention the double standards but I would rather not moan and instead accept that a large amount of money is at stake,” he said. Many European countries would like to participate in this business and the EU is protecting their interests, he said, adding that “where there is meat, there are also flies.”
via hungarymatters.hu and MTI photo: Koszticsák Szilárd – MTI