Hungary’s Orban wants anti-migration forces to prevail in EU
Posted January 10, 2019 5:30 am.
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BUDAPEST, Hungary — Hungary’s prime minister says his country’s objective for the upcoming European Parliament elections is for “anti-immigration forces” to become a majority in all European Union institutions, including Parliament and the EU’s executive Commission.
Viktor Orban also said that he had “great hopes” for co-operation between Italy and Poland, both of which oppose immigration, and said he continues to view hard-line Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini as “my own hero.”
Orban, who won a third consecutive term in April with an electoral campaign based on anti-immigration policies, predicted that there would be two civilizations in Europe — one “that builds its future on a mixed Islamic and Christian coexistence” and another in Central Europe that would be only Christian.
Speaking Thursday at an infrequent news conference, Orban deflected questions on corruption.
The Associated Press
