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Orbán Urges Government to Reject EU Migration Pact; EU Sues Poland Over Aviation Rules
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Orbán Urges Government to Reject EU Migration Pact; EU Sues Poland Over Aviation Rules

From Magyar Nemzet · () Hungarian

Translated from Hungarian, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

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  • Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán urged the government to announce it will not implement the EU's migration pact.
  • Orbán suggested that accepting the pact could be the price for Hungary to receive EU funds, a move Fidesz leadership wants to prevent.
  • Separately, the European Commission sued Poland over its failure to adopt revised aviation rules for the EU emissions trading system, potentially increasing costs for businesses and consumers.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has called on the government to publicly declare that it will not implement the EU's migration pact, which is set to take effect on June 12. Orbán suggested that securing EU funds for Hungary might have come at the cost of accepting the bloc's migration policies, a scenario he aims to prevent.

The Fidesz leadership has called on the government and the prime minister to immediately announce that Hungary will not implement the Brussels migration pact, which will enter into force on June 12.

— Viktor OrbánOrbán's statement on social media regarding the EU migration pact.

The Fidesz party leadership has formally requested the government and the prime minister to announce Hungary's non-compliance with the pact. This call follows reports that the new Hungarian government announced it would secure EU funds for the country. Analysts and right-wing politicians have warned that accepting the migration and asylum pact could be a condition for receiving these funds.

In a separate development, the European Commission has initiated legal action against Poland. The lawsuit concerns Poland's failure to implement updated aviation regulations within the EU's emissions trading system (ETS) by the deadline. Analysis suggests these stricter EU regulations could increase financial burdens on households and businesses, potentially harming the competitiveness of Central and Eastern European nations. Airlines are expected to pass on increased costs from the ETS, where companies must pay for carbon emissions and free allowances are gradually phased out for air travel, to passengers and other economic actors.

Brussels has opened another front against the Poles with the further tightening of the ETS system.

— Ewa Zajaczkowska-HernikA Polish Member of the European Parliament criticizing the European Commission's decision to sue Poland.

Polish Member of the European Parliament Ewa Zajaczkowska-Hernik sharply criticized the commission's decision, accusing Brussels of opening a new front against Poland by tightening the ETS. She claimed that Ursula von der Leyen's administration aims to stifle all sectors through its climate policies. Meanwhile, a video surfaced showing the perpetrator in the Henry Nowak murder case handling air guns years before the crime, which had previously caused significant public outrage.

Ursula von der Leyen and her team want to suffocate every sector with climate policy.

— Ewa Zajaczkowska-HernikA Polish Member of the European Parliament criticizing the European Commission's climate policies.
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Originally published by Magyar Nemzet in Hungarian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.

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