Peter Szijjarto: Why we fight the EU on refugees | Talk to Al Jazeera
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- čas přidán 21. 08. 2024
- Since the start of Europe's migrant crisis, Hungary has regularly been criticised over its controversial and tough immigration policies.
In September, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) rejected complaints filed by Slovakia and Hungary against a mandatory quota to accept asylum seekers, established as part of efforts to resettle arriving refugees more equally across the EU.
The court's decision is final and not open to appeal. As a result, European officials will continue to be able to order member state governments to take in specific quotas of refugees entering the bloc.
Budapest condemned the court ruling as "appalling and irresponsible", saying the EU will pay for its security fence with Serbia. Hungary's foreign minister, Peter Szijjarto, reportedly said: "This decision jeopardises the security and future of all of Europe. Politics has raped European law and values."
So is Hungary willing to play by the EU's rules? And with increasing criticism of the country's immigration policies and concerning freedom of speech, does Hungary really share the EU's values?
"I think [the criticism] it's extremely unfair because there's an issue where we don't agree - definitely. We think illegal migration is a security threat to Europe. Others say that illegal migration is acceptable. We don't think its acceptable. But that should not give the reason to anyone to question whether Hungary respects European values or not because we have been members of the European Union... we share the European regulations, and we share the European values, of course," Peter Szijjarto, Hungary's foreign minister, tells Al Jazeera.
Responding to criticism that his country isn't living up to its treaty obligations of accepting more refugees, Szijjarto tells Al Jazeera:
"Hungary has always fulfilled all the obligations we have on an international level. When the migrants came to Hungary, we have offered them the supply and treatment which is written in the international contracts and regulations. But those people were not ready to go to refugee camps, those people occupied public areas, those people blocked the highways, those people occupied the railway stations.... They refused to cooperate with the local authorities, they refused to go to the refugee camps, and they have violated very important European regulations..."
Hungary's foreign minister calls illegal migration a "bad phenomenon" and believes the migrant issue is to blame for the security threat facing Europe.
"The security situation has never been that bad in Europe than currently in modern history and the threat of terror has never been that serious as it is currently, and this is a direct consequence of the fact that 1.5 illegal migrants were allowed to come to Europe without any kind of control, regulation or check. And with this I don't say that those 1.5 million are terrorists - of course I don't say that - but I say such a big, illegal massive influx of people gave the opportunity for terrorist organisations to send their fighters, their terrorists to come to Europe."
"Our position is that we should not encourage more people to take the life hazard, life risk to come to Europe, but we should help them to stay as close to their homes as possible. That's why our initiative has always been to give more financial aid to Turkey, Jordan, Lebanon, the Kurdish region of Iraq because these entities have been taking care of many refugees," Szijjarto says.
Despite disagreements and controversy, Szijjarto says Hungary is committed to staying in the EU: "We have been members of the European Union and we will be members of the European Union - that's not a question, no one raises this question."
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I support Hungary 100%.
Obtuse moron! If you do, then you support a thieving lying corrupt parasite DICTATOR!
then you shouldn't like this lying pig! his regime enjoys less than 20% support in Hungary
Ive listened to Peter many times. He is a very smart man who loves his Country
Im simply polish, when I see anything related to Hungary, always point “like” 👍
Stay strong Hungary! You are on the right path!
Hungary and Poland: true European country with true European interest and value at heart. Well done.
They both care for themselves only. They are both by far the biggest takers of EU subsidies but oppose the EU constantly.
Support to Hungary from Poland.
Hungary has very wise and patriotic Foreign Minister,
We would love to have such one in Poland.
Long life for Hungary 🇭🇺 Europe for Europeans 🤚
GOD BLESS HUNGARY!
Europe for Européan ? I’m half Belgian and Congolese so that’s me I’m half Européen ?
Really lol, so there’s no Europeans in America Africa Middle East Asia? You’ve been migrating for a long time , I agree it’s important to protect the borders but read a little bit before you say stuff like that.
@@fernandvdg8368 yes, you'r mixed, you'r both european and african..
@@victorfernandes2111 Only difference is that europeans are legal migrants, not illegal ones with no documents
Thanks Mr .Szijjarto!!
I like this Al Jazeeera interviewer. Yes, she asks her questions, but does so in a respectful manner. She allows Mr. Szijarto to finish what he wants to say and she does not cut him off. She shows respect, and rightfully so. After all, Mr. Szijarto is not only a guest on her show, but also the Foreign Minister of a sovereign country. BBC interviewers could learn some manners here!
Korrekt megállapítás. Szinte már nem is elképzelhető egy ilyen interjú.
yes me to I respect I yasira. Bat there is still something wrong. Next time vhy not Ask hard questions to Amnesty and The Swedish government. Hove can you walk through all Europa and still be a refugee. To be a refugee it's not to be a refugee. it's mor to be Quin or a King.
@@ibvest7123 I laughed so hard when she said "People of the Ottoman empire came through Hungary and shared their history , culture" part because she is willfully ignoring the part that they invaded us after a very long conflict...
This reporter is way much more respectful and not imposing of her own values like Emily Maitlis from BBC.
Szijjarto thinks one-dimensionally and usually reject intelligent debate.
I support Hungary. Love from South Africa
@@stephanswanepoel2448 Greetings 🙌🏽 🇿🇦
Greetings from Poland. You have wise leaders!
This guy is so right... he have said all.
Respect Hungary. From the UK.
I do, Often, and looking to buy in Zala County :) - Love and Peace x
Musashikin , 👍😎🇺🇸
Real patriot, respect to all Hungarians 🇭🇺 from Croatia 🇭🇷
Mr. Szijjarto it was great pleasure watching your interview. THANK YOU, AND LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR NEXT INTERVIEW
I support the right of all refugees to stay in Saudi Arabia, Qatar and other gulf countries
Do they exist?
@@patricksweeney5308 Destabilise Hungary and Europe !!!
10:30 "People of the Ottoman empire came through Hungary and shared their history , culture"
This is when a reporter is not ready for the interview and speaking things she hasn't the foggiest.
The ottoman didn't come through us. They invaded us and stayed for 160 years!!!
... and what they shared was not their culture but their sword. Not as if we wanted their culture to be sahred any way either
@UsirRaMaroon And Spain but got their butts kicked at
the battle of Tours.
she puts the word "Invasion" on a pretty interesting way
Thanks to God, the servants of the Evilness couldn't stay on the lands of the Holy Crown.
Love you Peter. Love you Orban. Love you Hungary.
Peter deserves a medal the size of a frying-pan......!!
He's a European hero.
If only we had an individual like him among our ranks...
I sincerely hope that any trade Britain loses due to Brexit - goes straight to Hungarian industry.
Such a people deserve every chance of success.
Best Regards from England my Hungarian cousins x.
Gus,
London.
this man is a hero and example to all european leaders
A A sorry but he’s correct..you’re the fool..we all recognize the Plan of Agenda 21... and we’re NOT interested ! We love our Countries. Eff the Oligarchs.
@@AA-ct2tb Such projection
@@AA-ct2tb nobody likes you
@@rossrainwater5619 orban is the biggest oligarch and this muppet is his servant. they are the most corrupt and sick leaders in Europe by far
Good man! Greetings from Poland! Stay strong :)
Thanks to the stubbornness of the V4 and recently elected Austrian and Italian government, the EU is finally starting to do something about its open border policy. Inner European borders should be OPEN. Outer European borders should be CLOSED! Thank you very much and lovely greetings from your brothers in arms from Slovenia
Stay strong Hungary!
Peter for EU President!
Hungary is right 100%, smart guy ,
There is no point even speaking with them. The patience and manners Hungary's Foreign Minister showed is amazing to say the least. He should have simply said.. "NO. Hungary will not destroy itself and celebrate its own dispossession and replacement. Hungary doesn't have European Values!? - HUNGARY IS EUROPEAN VALUES!." Thank god for Hungary, Poland, Czechia and all of the other nations of Europe who refuse to allow their own destruction. HAIL TO ALL OF YOU!
harlemhornet , love ya 👍😎🇺🇸
Wow Europe desperately needs more leaders like him!
Prem Chopra ,The man has Cahones ! 💥
Yeah
Peter Sjjazrido and Dominic Tarczynski leaders we need over the world
I'm going to Hungary for vacation! Going to check it out in that I may possibly move there as a place to uphold my strong christian values as I know Hungary will support my peaceful way of life and I may do the same for them.
That usually works.
ONLY1KRISTYNA , all the very best to you..sounds like you will be a great citizen.. 👍😎🇺🇸
This man is spot on,he speaks for millions of Europeans, not for EU officials who are in it for own gains. Good man
I LIKE TO SEE ALJAJEERA ASKING SAME QUESTION TO ARABS.
Ha! Good one!!
It won’t dared.
I like the way Mr. Peter talks, even if I don't understand anything from Politics, this man makes me understand it. I support Hungary wholeheartedly!
Stay strong Hungary my love 🇭🇺
Fully support on Hungarian. You have done completely correct, Peter.
Hungarian FM is probably the best Foreign Minister in the world next to Russian FM
Poland support Hungary, very wise and constructive, clear statement of Mr. Szijjártó, well done.
The man is gorgeous.
Mr. Szijjarto is down to Earth, really smart, true human. Bless him and Hungary.
I really like this interviewer. She is not biased, calm, attentive and respectful. Very professional.
Very fine interview...informative questions with ample time & respect for the interviewee to give full replies. BRAVO
Wow what a clear minded politician
He speaks the truth and how it should be keep your policies up respect and love from England
Why is it that European countries are expected to just "deal with it" and see it as taboo to care about your own people but most of the world has very strict immigration laws and nobody bats an eye 🤔🤔
Long live Hungary,and Hungarian ministries and laws.Illegal intruders not welcome to no one country on the earth,way now Us building a fence against illegal migrants,bravo Mr.Trump.
Hear, hear!!
Stefi V , wonder if you will get this reply..hope you are well..Pray for America..we have a corrupt Criminal posing as our President.. Biden a Traitorous Marxist Incompetent ... surrounded Haters of my beloved America, determined to destroy America, and therefore the free world.
Listen I’m sorry, but we can’t take anymore.... and Hungary had every right not to take any... its their country for God sake
Amazing interview!! The journalist was brilliant and respectful!
please make Szijjarto EU president and then there is a future for the EU concept...otherwise it is doomed, as currently it is ruled by self interested politians who do not care a euro cent about the people of each country and want they want, need, or care about
EU should simply adhere to its own laws and that would be enough. Open inner borders and sealed outside borders. European nations are lovely - each and every single one of them
He speaks siple, undesirable. I respekt his knowledge
Hungary you don't have to vindicate your stance on immigrantion, its your country you listened to the voices of your people not EU who treat the people of nations with distain.
What a star! Respect for their integrity!
Lol at mentioning the Ottomans in the context of integration. Pure idiocy.
Yeah, I was surprised he didn't address that, but he had this look on his face like "Woman, lol, do you know what you're talking about?" I guess it was wiser not to go there.
They so generously shared their culture, "enriching" as many people as they could along the way. . .
Those Turks did this poor people after their defeat at the battle of Mohacz 1526 invading them and stayed I half of their territory for 160 years don't go there lady don't mention those Turks and the rest of the Koranic plague they hate them with a passion out with them
Great guy. Thank god there is normal countries in EU like Hungary.
just out of extream curiosity how any country making sovereign descions independent of EU policy be undemocratic, they made a decision not to take refuges , so did most of rich arab countries like UAE ,saudi arabia ,Qatar etc even though they share a common religion , language and quite similar culture why do some liberals hold only European countries to such high standards
Eloquent foreign minister. Respect!
this is as good of an interviewer as i've seen in a while
Lilman25 , Agree with you..most are despicable arrogant BBC turds.
He’s Great!
just came across these videos about immigration, to have a break from corona news.. and its refreshing to listen to the full interview, with a politician explaining clearly (you might agree or not with his message but the form is brilliantly put) and a journalist that still has a view and a twist but still keeps a polite approach.. loved it..
That is such an excellent point that Mr. Szjiiarto made, that 80% of eu funding resources, is exploited by multinational companies of the bigger eu member states like France and Germany. Basically, we'll come in and harrow and plough your field, you can sow the seeds and harvest the crops, then we'll reap the 80% of the benefits merci beaucoup, danke schon.
He's an excellent man Szjiiarto, intelligent and very, fkcng gutsy. He won't be phased or knocked even by the toughest of -interrogators- I mean interviewers.
Sionnach1601 Absolutely correct. The Best Foreign minister after Russian Foreign Minister.
Szijjárto Péter nagyon jó FM.
One day the people who criticised Hungary for their strict border controls will be embarrassed for doing so! Why you ask...I'l tell you, because it will be the only European country left to visit for a holiday without getting mugged, raped or blown up!
This man is so smart, well done Peter. God bless!
love hungarian values wish you guys ran the uk
God bless this man!
Long live Poland. And I am an Indian and a devout Hindu.
Ottomans invaded Hungary!! They didnt came on holidays!
I am a muslim and I don't want to migrate to another country and if I do so I will take whatever that country has given me since I don't have a right there!
My opinion though.
Love Peter Szijjarto.. wonderful brilliant fellow... another Trump , another great Nationalist..and that will save the people of the world from the psychopaths of the New World Order. Patriotism and love of Country.. is a good thing.. let’s help others in their own country..
Why does the EU expect Hungry to conform to its laws with immigration but they won't insist on the immigrants conforming to the laws of the countries they are trying to enter?
Wish we had a Peter Szijjarto in the USA
I respect this guy.. commonsens
I would fire the man who thought of that lighting setup on the Foreign Minister. Those double shadows, are driving me crazy.
PS: No nation is obligated (at least ethically) to help anyone, except its own people.
Did Qatar, a country among the highest per capita GDP's in the world due to oil, take any migrants?
What goes around come around, let NATO and America stop 🛑 interfering or attacking other countries, iraq 🇮🇶, Afghanistan 🇦🇫, Syria 🇸🇾 etc... If those people where having peace less people will be accepting in Europe, nor in hungry
We hungarians are in god hands so far we have him an as a forreign minister.
Gratuláció a miniszter úrnak! hölgyröl tudunk valamit? Mert vagy e zzel a székkel látták utoljára vagy szóltak a kataszrófavédelemnek!
A nőről annyit tudni, hogy szereti a nasi-nasit meg a kuki-mukit. Sok fake newst eszik, amit sokszor ő készít el sok szaftal
Yes there is a threat, example the current French nightmare..... argument over
Even the Dalai Llama said;
“Europe is for Europeans, everyone should stay in their own country”
He's not the Messiah, He's a very naughty boy
True but first stop destroying other people countrys and stop supporting minorities rule over muslim majoraty people
Magyars and Poland👍
German's posturing because of the Holocaust guilt. Classic
As a Hungarian I can say that fighting against the Ottomans was our biggest mistake! We fighting for Christendom, but at the end, European countries betrayed us, destroyed our land. I really hope that Turkey will be more powerful and we can unite with them.
Go Hungary!
What is so wrong about wanting to keep a countries traditions and way of life the same as it always has been ?
How right he (P. Szijarto) is!!
The UK should have fought against tendencies in the EU, like Hungarians do rather than getting out. That would have been better for al concerned!
Liked the journalist. Apart the Ottoman gaffe and the censorship of the “rape “ word, she allowed freedom of speech too the enterviewee which nowadays is rare in this kind of interview.
9400lilly !totally agree. Most interviewers are BBC arrogant Turds..
In hungarian for rape and violate we use the word "eroszakolni" and depends on context how you translate it.The real translation would be "violate" and not rape.
If every nations leaders acted the way Hungary's is, we would have these refugee problems. And why is no one calling for compassion from the leaders of their own countries. Why does no Leftist ask Mexico's government "why are your people fleeing?" Why no pressure on them? Why no demand for them to take care of their own? Why?
I wish the US was more like Hungary
I agree with Hungary’s Foreign Minister that any country for that matter should have the option to accept or deny any prospective immigrant special if he/she is an illegal immigrant or refugee. Compared with other neighboring countries, Hungary and pPoland are relatively peaceful because of their stringent immigration laws.
Never give up
If the west really wanted to help .. fraction of the money we bust on the whole migration crisis every day (that is illegal in legal terms even if it lifts the hearts of some) while millions of families truly in need rot away in refugee camps. Again the west rewards the aggressive and dismisses the quiet suffering. One day of a migrant in Europe could provide for a family for a month where they come from. Europeans can barely afford Europe. And we did not even mention the money spent on increased police, treaties with Turkey etc... we could have re built half of Syria by now from the money. Stupidest solution they could come up with...
The rigeme in syria well stell most of these mony and turn it into it's forces to exterminate the rest of muslime population there ......sorry that can not work at curent sitution
Dr.Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar writes in his book
( named as BABASAHEB -as law minister., he is the chief architect of the CONSTITUTION OF INDIA )
#1. " Among the TENETS one that calls for notice is the TENET of ISLAM
which says that in a country which is not under muslim rule,
wherever there is a conflict between MUSLIM LAW and the LAW OF THE LAND
the former must prevail than the latter
and the muslim will be justified in OBEYING the muslim law and DEFYING the law of the land ".
#2. " The only allegiance a MUSALAMAN,whether a CIVILIAN or SOLDIER,
whether living under a muslim or under a non-muslim administration
is commanded by the KORAN.
ACCORDING to MUSLIM CANON ?? LAW the WORLD is divided into
1. DAR-UL-ISLAM (ABODE of ISLAM)
2. DAR-UL-HARB (ABODE of WAR)....................
............and writes about HIJRAT and JIHAD.............and he goes on and on
Do women think that they have exclusive use on and exclusive contold over the word "rape"?? They don't.
that was in 2017 and the EU tried to blackmail again
The Face and Voice of True Evil, as is his Boss, Orban.
Ya but most if not all of them are economic migrants not refugees.
If hungarian is like albanian, then “rape” really does not sound as bad as in english in this context. It’s like saying a severe violation and the way he used it, it has almost no sexual connotation
Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, UAE, Oman should take all the Migrants. These are Rich Countries and Islamic too, the Whole Problem will solve peacefully.
Honestly the only europe that’s left is the balkans and east. They are the only ones still proud of who they are. It’s very strange
Any regulations about chili concentration in the goulash soup to be declared?
Don't you dare!
@@danieltorok4403 ...Even to think about that!
Ppl can be welcome to refugees, on the qualification on their cultures not been taken over
I am disappointed by these black woman imposing immigrants on Hungary. This manipulation. I don't understand why some people and human beings want to be a big burden on other people and nations in the name of immigration and greener pastures.
Can somebody find me an reportage from AlJazeera of modern slavery connected to the Fifa World Cup against Qatari organizations? They are so concerned about Hungary and it's sovereignty...🤔
"a bad phenomenon." A sovereign country shall alway retain the right to respect their own borders to provide safety and security for the citizens.
I actually prefer Szijjarto to Orban