EU leader sees danger in Hungary migrant vote

The president of the European Parliament is accusing Hungary of playing a “dangerous game” by holding a referendum on whether to accept mandatory European Union quotas for relocating asylum seekers.

Martin Schulz said that Hungary would have to take in about 2,000 migrants under the quotas, The Washington Post reported on Sunday.

Schulz told Germany’s Funke newspaper group that the referendum called by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s challenges the legitimacy of European laws.

He also suggested that countries that fail to show solidary with the rest of the EU on the migrant issue may see their financial support from the bloc cut.

Schulz called on European leaders to make clear to Eastern European countries that “solidarity isn’t a one-way street,” but rejected calls to eject Hungary from the EU.

Source: MENA