Dutch Govt wants an immigration rules opt-out, Hungary follows suit

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ER Editor: This follows on from a report we put out on September 14 —

Dutch government announces crisis laws to tackle immigration

Useful commentary —

Minister Bóka: Hungary requests exemption from EU migration rules

🇪🇺 Speaking in Strasbourg, Minister for EU Affairs @JanosBoka_HU confirmed that Hungary, like the Netherlands, sees the need for drastic steps to curb illegal migration and will request an exemption from EU… pic.twitter.com/rpj0GZklJy

— Zoltan Kovacs (@zoltanspox) September 19, 2024

I welcome the announcement by @JanosBoka_HU that the Hungarian government will join the #Netherlands in requesting an opt-out from EU asylum & migration rules. All countries should be offered an opt-out instead of imposing a failed migration policy on MS. We have the right to… pic.twitter.com/UBfGxrEB9p

— Kinga Gál (@kingagalMEP) September 19, 2024

A reminder about who’s in charge during the second half of 2024 —

Hungary took over the Presidency at a time of extraordinary circumstances and challenges: wars in our neighbourhood & declining competitiveness of Europe. @HU24EU aims to find common responses to common European challenges. We set our priorities with this in mind. pic.twitter.com/YbLqqtcYkw

— Bóka János (@JanosBoka_HU) September 19, 2024 

And here’s why —

Translation: In the @EPInstitutional the Greens and other leftists wanted to cancel the meeting with the Hungarian Minister of European Affairs@JanosBoka_HU. But the (centre) right majority in the Parliament mobilised, so that the left had to abandon their stupid initiative. The new situation is slowly penetrating the Parliament.

In de @EPInstitutional wilden de Groenen en andere linksen de ontmoeting met de Hongaarse minister van Europese Zaken @JanosBoka_HU afvoeren. Maar de (centrum) rechtse meerderheid in het Parlement mobiliseerde, zodat links moest afzien van hun domme initiatief. Langzaam dringt de… pic.twitter.com/6pmuFnxBYA

— Gerolf Annemans (@gannemans) September 19, 2024

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Faber believes that the Netherlands should again discuss its own asylum policy. In her letter to European Commissioner Johansson, Faber also writes that as long as the Netherlands is no exception, the cabinet hopes for a rapid entry into force of the European migration pact. The countries of the EU have made all kinds of agreements in this regard, such as the immediate screening of migrants at the European external borders and the designation of asylum seekers as promising and underprivileged.

In an explanation, Faber acknowledges that the request for an opt-out is “something of the long breath”. But she doesn’t want to be held back by that. According to her, the demand for an opt-out is a signal that the Netherlands wants to do things differently. “I also want to try to get other Member States to get moving in the migration file.”

The Cabinet has even more asylum measures in store

The opt-out is one of the ways in which the cabinet wants to drastically limit migration. In the pipeline are still the use of exceptions that render parts of the Aliens Act inoperative and the submission of a temporary ‘asylum crisis law’.

An opt-out can only be arranged if a new EU treaty is negotiated within the EU. “You cannot escape EU law,” said a spokesman for the European Commission about that in May. “In the past, when the EU treaties were concluded, certain countries negotiated opt-outs. But we work here on the basis of existing treaties and legislation. ” (ER: We highlighted that in red for a reason.)

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Hungary piggybacks on Dutch EU migration opt-out request

EU countries are legally bound to abide by the bloc’s migration and asylum rules.

JOE STANLEY-SMITH for POLITICO

Hungary will join the Netherlands in asking for an opt-out from the European Union’s migration policies, a government minister said Wednesday, in another sign of fracturing EU consensus around immigration.

The new Dutch government last week announced it was aiming to implement the “strictest asylum policy ever,” and submitted a request for an opt-out on some EU migration policies on Wednesday.

Writing on X, Hungarian Minister for EU Affairs János Bóka said: “Drastic action is needed to stem illegal migration, the Hungarian government will join the Netherlands in asking for an opt-out from EU asylum and migration rules, if a Treaty amendment allows it.”

However, changes to EU treaties are a long and complicated process requiring unanimity of all member countries. The Commission said in its Wednesday press briefing that it does not expect to embark on such a change any time soon. European rules on asylum and migration are binding, and the Dutch migration minister said they would continue to implement them.

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