{"id":6681,"date":"2016-10-09T03:20:43","date_gmt":"2016-10-09T02:20:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/soerenkern.com\/?p=6681"},"modified":"2016-11-01T03:30:18","modified_gmt":"2016-11-01T02:30:18","slug":"hungary-amend-constitution-block-eu-migrant-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/2016\/10\/09\/hungary-amend-constitution-block-eu-migrant-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"Hungary to Amend Constitution to Block EU Migrant Plan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/soerenkern.com\/2016\/10\/09\/hungary-amend-constitution-block-eu-migrant-plan\/hungary-referendum\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6682\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6682\" src=\"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/hungary-referendum.jpg\" alt=\"hungary-referendum\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/hungary-referendum.jpg 600w, https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/hungary-referendum-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orb\u00e1n has proposed amending the Constitution to prevent the European Union from settling migrants in Hungary without the approval of Parliament.<\/em><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Soeren Kern | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gatestoneinstitute.org\/9088\/hungary-migrants\" target=\"_blank\">Gatestone Institute<\/a> | October 9, 2016<\/p>\n<p>Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orb\u00e1n has proposed amending the Constitution to prevent the European Union from settling migrants in Hungary without the approval of Parliament.<\/p>\n<p>In a speech on October 4, Orb\u00e1n <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kormany.hu\/hu\/a-miniszterelnok\/hirek\/egy-uj-egyseg-jott-letre\" target=\"_blank\">said<\/a> the amendment would be presented to Parliament on October 10, and, if approved, it would come into effect on November 8.<\/p>\n<p>Hungarian voters overwhelmingly rejected the European Union\u2019s mandatory migrant relocation plan in a referendum on October 2, but failed to turn out in sufficient numbers to make the referendum legally binding.<\/p>\n<p>More than 97% of those who voted in the referendum <a href=\"http:\/\/valasztas.hu\/en\/ref2016\/481\/481_0_index.html\" target=\"_blank\">answered<\/a> \u2018no\u2019 to the question: \u201cDo you want the European Union to be entitled to prescribe the mandatory settlement of non-Hungarian citizens in Hungary without the consent of the National Assembly?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Voter turnout was only 40%, however, far short of the 50% participation required to make the referendum valid under Hungarian law.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gatestoneinstitute.org\/9088\/hungary-migrants\" target=\"_blank\">Continue Reading Here<\/a>\u00bb<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orb\u00e1n has proposed amending the Constitution to prevent the European Union from settling migrants in Hungary without the approval of Parliament.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[100,202],"tags":[208,129,155,21,195],"class_list":["post-6681","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-european-union","category-migration-crisis","tag-eastern-europe","tag-european-union-2","tag-hungary","tag-immigration","tag-migration-crisis"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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