Orban will deal with immigration throughout Hungary’s EU management

In an interview with the German media group Funke on Sunday, Orban talks about his priorities for the presidency, which meets between the member states each six months. From 1 July it’s Hungary and Orban’s flip.

The Hungarian Prime Minister says he appreciates that his German colleague Olaf Scholz is contemplating the opportunity of outsourcing components of the asylum course of to international locations outdoors the EU. He says Hungary has already launched a system the place asylum purposes are processed in third international locations, together with on the embassy in Serbia, earlier than the candidates are allowed into Hungary.

In June, the European Court docket of Justice ordered Hungary to pay 200 million euros – near NOK 2.3 billion – plus each day fines of 1 million euros for failing to implement an earlier order to alter the procedures for granting safety and for returning individuals from third international locations.

The chairmanship is essentially a bureaucratic operate, however consists of setting the agenda for conferences and steering coverage discussions in direction of an answer, which sometimes requires compromise the place there isn’t a clear consensus. Hungary has promised to be a good facilitator, however the nation has a turbulent relationship with the Union relating to points such because the rule of regulation and corruption.