Conservative European parties, as well as governments like Poland’s, are launching various measures to push back against a new EU law that will lead to forced (mainly Muslim) migrant resettlements across Europe.
REMIX News (h/t Marvin W & Nita) The law could particularly affect nations such as Hungary and Poland that have been traditionally opposed to mass immigration, but other conservative parties from countries like Germany and Austria are also calling for referendums and other actions against the EU’s migrant quota scheme.
Hungary and Poland were the last men standing in Luxembourg on Thursday evening after last-minute concessions to Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni saw a coalition of EU nations against the bloc’s asylum reforms crumble.
“This is unacceptable! They want to turn Hungary into an immigration country by force!” Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán wrote in a social media post on Friday. EU nations required to accept migrants or face hefty fines after majority vote passed on new EU rules.
The plans would also reform the returns process member states must follow regarding rejected asylum seekers.
A cohort of European nations including Poland, Hungary, Slovakia, Czechia, Croatia, Malta, Bulgaria, Lithuania and Italy had vowed to vote it down. Many argued the plan to force the acceptance of migrant quotas set by Brussels was an infringement on their national sovereignty.
In Poland, the country’s parliament has launched a video campaign against the measure and is about to adopt a resolution proposal authorizing the government to exercise its veto power and not accept the proposal on migrant quotas at the next EU summit. There is also talk of putting the question of mandatory migrant quotas to a national referendum, which will run simultaneously during national elections this autumn.
Poland’s ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party has prepared a draft resolution that would give the government a strong mandate to reject the forced resettlement of migrants based on quotas from Brussels.
The forced migrant quotas, as a part of the EU Pact on Migration and Asylum, were decided last week at the council of the EU interior ministers. According to the plans, EU member states will either accept a certain number of immigrants or be forced to pay at least €20,000 per migrant into the EU coffers.
Rafal Bochenek, the PiS party’s spokesperson, recalled that the Polish parliament had passed resolutions similar to the current one before, for example in 2016, but they gave the authority to discuss these issues at the EU level.
“Now, we want to give the Polish government a strong mandate to use a veto in the European Council,” said the spokesperson of the ruling party. The politicians of Law and Justice wrote in the draft resolution that “The Sejm of the Republic of Poland strongly opposes the attempt to introduce mechanisms for the forced resettlement of illegal economic migrants at the EU level.”
However, Poland is not the only country considering a referendum on the issue, with Austria’s most popular party, the Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ), also calling for a national vote.
“Should the law pass the European Parliament, the FPÖ demands a referendum in Austria on this asylum package, because this agreement does nothing to turn Europe into a fortress. That is why politicians must do everything we can to implement a ‘Fortress Austria’ and to protect the country from the new migration of peoples,” said FPÖ leader Herbert Kickl.
Kickl has skewered Austria’s government for going along with the proposal, claiming it has “stabbed Austrians in the back.” The FPÖ has long criticized the Christian democrats, the ÖVP, for being weak on immigration and other conservative ideals.
Kickl said the new rules are the EU’s attempt to “take us for a fool,” and although the EU claims to be tightening standards against economic migration, “the truth is the new asylum rules bring additional burdens for Austria. ÖVP Interior Minister Gerhard Karner has failed in his central promise to prevent a redistribution of asylum seekers. He’s stabbing the Austrians in the back with that,” said Kickl.
“Unfortunately, the much-celebrated compromise does not change the overall situation, with the exception that there should now be a distribution mechanism that is at the expense of economically stronger member countries. Because in the future, Austria would have to pay a fine if it refuses to accept asylum seekers. Approval for such a distribution has been an absolute ‘no go’ since FPÖ Interior Minister Kickl. The ÖVP has also always spoken out against it – until Mr. Karner simply fell over on this issue yesterday,” said FPÖ security spokesperson Hannes Amesbauer.
“Yesterday was a black day for the Austrian population in the truest sense of the word,” concluded Kickl. The FPÖ is now launching an online petition entitled “Austria’s Fortress against illegal mass immigration.”
In promoting the new petition, Kickl noted that Austria has been hit twice in the last eight years by large waves of migration, both of which caused enormous damage across the country.
rrtt says
where is their so called almighty oh I forgot he’s an imposter soulless demons’ god
keep worshipping your worst enemy while trying to kill your would have been the God of light justice & mercy , : spits : bastards
have fun you miserable vermins
you freaking god killers , all humans acted that way just to make things clear suddenly they became one side to murder their best ally
The Music Man says
You’d almost think that the lunatics running the EU have an even greater death wish for themselves and people than we do!
Dan says
Whos “We” by saying “We” I can only assume you’re included in this ‘We’ who wishes death upon European people?
Why are you or whoever ‘We’ is wishing death upon millions of people?
VMS says
It is a poorly written sentence capable of two interpretations, but this one is the only one that makes sense: You’d almost think that the lunatics running the EU have an even greater death wish for themselves and people than we [think that they] do.
Yes grammar, punctuation and diction count!
Dan says
Thanks for that. I interpret things wrong a lot. Even though im English i was never Academic. I struggle with grammar and spellings sometimes, I hope it doesn’t retract from what I try to say.
My Grandad removed me from school at 14 and taught me about socket sizes, wrenches, drive trains and gear boxes, about money, invoices, receipts, and even chitty books.
(carbon paper like) A hand held photocopier.
Its down to that man I’ve been able to earn a wage and scratch out a comment here.
Ramez Fekry says
F*cking Moslems are Hell bent on conquering the entirety of the West and Eastern Europe and forcibly impregnating all White Christian ladies with Moslem foetuses!
Daniel Erbstoesser says
Wow wait then the last words are not spoken yet and germanys green and red parties have said that they will make it better and to handle the whole thing again. The bull is that germany pays all countries millions through the eu and the countries give 20.000 to germany back and germany keeps the invader forever and let me tell you each and every one of these people cost us about 1 million euros and we have millions here and millions that are on the way but as our red kanzler says we are a rich land and we can afford it . This i dont see here in rich germany then the normaler burger has to give up over the half of his wages for the invasion and other nice humanism bullshit and more. The real german has no money for the last week and a half of the month but the invader well he has money and its the germans money that he has. To finance the growing need the german is being taken out from his gov. and his countries municipal strukture is falling apart,and when he tries to defend himself then he is a nazi and worse. Soon germany wont be there anymore then its being killed from the inside with help from our friends that take in our economy with a smile. People they shit on the plate that they eat from. Soon comes the hour of power and we the few are ready to fill their plate.
VMS says
Germany is setting itself up for another European war!
Daniel Erbstoesser says
That is the plan and the socialist will burn the world again.
Rise and Shine says
70 years ago, an uprising of 1 million people in communist East Germany was crushed by Soviet tanks. Today many sees parallels with the invasion of freedom hating Muslim garbage. Something has to give.
Oliver C. says
It is frightening. How can it not become violent?
Daniel Erbstoesser says
No its not firghtening because everbody here from child to grandma knows that it will be very violent and all know that there is no way around it.