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European court advocate general argues for dismissing Slovakia, Hungary case on migrant resettlements – UPDATE
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The top European court’s advocate general said on Wednesday that the case launched by Slovakia and Hungary challenging the legality of the European Union‘s refugee resettlement scheme should be dismissed.
At the EU’s Luxembourg-based Court of Justice, Slovakia and Hungary have defended their refusal to take in asylum seekers, claiming the 2015 EU scheme to relocate refugees on a mandatory basis was unlawful.
The Advocate General Yves Bot said the resettlement scheme was “appropriate for attaining the objective which it pursues”.
“That mechanism is actually a proportionate means of enabling Greece and Italy to deal with the impact of the 2015 migration crisis,” Bot said in a press release.
The advocate general does not tie the hands of judges but normally they uphold his opinion. It is expected that the judges will make a ruling in the autumn at the latest.
Hungary’s foreign minister, Péter Szijjártó, said in response that the opinion of the top court’s adviser “completely fits with the process that is called the Soros plan”.
Speaking at a news conference on Wednesday on a different topic, Szijjártó said, referring to US financier George Soros: “With all the pomp of a head of state, Soros was received in Brussels and afterwards, interestingly, all European institutions put even greater pressure on Hungary and central European countries to receive illegal migrants.”
“We do not want to accept illegal migrants; we await for the court’s decision,” he added.
The minister said Hungary still regarded the decision on mandatory relocations of migrants according to a quota system as a violation of European law. He said Brussels did not have the right to deprive sovereign states of the right to decide whom to allow on to their territory. The European treaties clearly state that this right cannot be taken away, he added.
Szijjártó said it was the government’s first duty and obligation to protect Hungarians and ensure their safety. It will do everything in its power to make sure that illegal migrants “do not come here”, he added.
I wonder what Soros whispered in the ears of “Advocate General Yves Bot” while this person was obviously smoking some kind of bad hashish or marjuwana. I wonder how long he’ll be allowed to stay in his current position being a dumbass of law…
The European Union was ‘sold’ to the Dutch people as a great moment in history. It was give us peace, prosperity and (even) safety. What has become of all these promises? As usual: NOTHING. It all is based upon lies and a good example is the Euro. Please Hungary. don’t make the same mistake is our ‘leaders’ in Holland have made in the past when this currency was introduced. We simply could say goodbye to 10% of the real validity. That was gone to banks like Goldman Sachs…..