"The European Union belongs to Europeans and European citizens," Prime Minister Viktor Orban said in a video message ahead of an EU summit in Brussels on Friday.
In a video message in Brussels on Friday posted on Facebook, Prime Minister Viktor Orban said that the time has come for substantive talks to begin on the allocation of funding for border defence, Kormany.hu reports. He noted that Hungary had spent more than 1 billion euros on protection of European borders, and that in doing so “we are not only protecting ourselves, but also Europe”.
He called on the EU to cover at least half of these costs incurred by Hungary, adding: “This must be discussed today. Let’s get to work!” The prime minister stated that the most important topic for that day’s EU summit was the internal restructuring of the European Union – related to which, he said, some of the proposals were completely absurd.
