Democracy & Justice

Merkel Dings Orban Over Migration Stance

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has criticized Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban for his stance on migration. Merkel told her Hungarian counterpart that he was forgetting that the issue is about people, and Europe...

by LibertiesEU

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has criticized Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban for his stance on migration. Merkel told her Hungarian counterpart that he was forgetting that the issue is about people, and Europe would lose its soul if it refused to help those in need. The rebuke, issued during a joint news conference in Berlin, comes a week after EU leaders agreed to broad terms of a new migration deal, though there is still debate about exactly how to implement it. Germany allowed a million people to enter in 2015 alone, while Hungary has rejected a plan to relocate 160,000 refugees.

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