Orbán accuses opposition of ‘siding’ with Brussels – Radio interview

Budapest, November 11 (MTI) – Hungary’s opposition parties have “taken the side of Brussels” Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said in connection with a lack of opposition support to pass the government’s constitutional amendment bill.

Speaking on public Kossuth Rádió, Orbán said he regretted that the ruling parties could not rely on the opposition in their fight in the “European arena”. He made a special reference to Jobbik, and insisted that the “earlier radical” party no longer represents the interests of Hungarians “but those of Brussels” in domestic politics.

Answering a question if the government was still planning to change the constitution, Orbán said that “we have done what we could here” the “battlefield is now in Brussels”. He added that current stipulations of the constitution were “not straightforward” in terms of migration and it is open to interpretation, but it is with this text in hand that “the fight in Brussels must be conducted”. Orbán said the future of the European Union’s stance on migration could be decided at the next prime ministers’ summit on Dec. 15-16.