Viktor Orbán clashes with EU over migration — again

Viktor Orbán has not made himself a popular man in Brussels of late, and the Hungarian PM has today caused further problems by demanding the EU introduce new laws tackling migration. Speaking at the Cernobbio Forum near Lake Como in Italy, Orbán claimed that in the last decade the bloc had undergone a “disintegration process period”, and that immigration had become an “existential issue” for the EU.

Hungary currently holds the rotating presidency of the Council of the European Union, a position it will relinquish at the end of this year. Orbán, evidently keen to make the most of that time, followed up today’s statements by posting on X that migration “is tearing the European Union apart. Let Hungary and others have an opt-out of the common migration policy!” When it comes to migration laws, Brussels has had a less than harmonious relationship with its troublesome member in the last couple of years…