Hungarian Foreign Minister
Peter Szijjarto said Thursday it was Italy and not Hungary that
was breaking EU rules, commenting on Premier Matteo Renzi's
threat to veto the EU budget unless countries like Hungary do
their bit in sharing the burden of the migrant influx. "Renzi
has completely misunderstood the situation," Szijjarto told the
MTI news agency. "Central European member countries are due
European resources...It's Italy that's not fulfilling its
obligations...if it respected norms and regulations better the
pressure of immigration on the EU would be much less". Renzi has
repeatedly called on EU members including Hungary to do more to
help it cope with a record influx of migrants and refugees. If
the EU does not play its part, he has said, Italy could veto the
EU budget for next year.
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