Hungary expects everybody to respect the decision of Hungarians, minister of foreign affairs and trade, Péter Szijjártó reacted to criticism by Jean Asselborn.
"Democracy is about the people, even if Luxembourg's foreign minister does not like this," Péter Szijjártó said in response to critical remarks made about Hungary and Poland by Jean Asselborn. In an interview to Luxembourg daily Tageblatt online, Asselborn said that the freedom of the press and justice administration were restricted in Poland in a way reminiscent of the Soviet era. He welcomed, however, that the public in Poland had strong resistance to the government's control over the media and the constitutional court, unlike in Hungary where the government was pursuing similar policies for years.
Szijjártó said that in five years Hungary recovered from a state of economic collapse to become one of the best performers in the European Union. "Hungarians deserve respect for this, not criticism," he said. Hungarians have also adopted a clear position and rejected illegal migration. "We expect that nobody should want to take revenge for this," Szijjártó said. Hungarians should be allowed to decide about their country's future and Poles about Poland's future, he said.
Speaking to the public radio, head of the prime minister's cabinet office, Antal Rogán reminded that the migration influx is already above one million people and the situation is obviously unsustainable. According to the mandatory quota Hungary would have to spend ten billions of forints on asylum seekers but the government decided to spend this money on those young Hungarian families who seek to buy or build their first own home, Rogán emphasised.
