PM proposes Schengen summit to tackle migration

Written by BT/MTI

The prime minister said the EU did not have a successful common migration policy and member states were trying to protect themselves individually.

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said on Tuesday that the Hungarian presidency of the European Union proposes introducing a system of Schengen summits to tackle the issue of migration.

PM Orbán told a presser presenting the EU presidency’s program that the EU did not have a successful common migration policy and member states were trying to protect themselves individually.

At the same time those individual attempts were threatening to “dismantle” the Schengen system, so “one large common decision is needed” instead, he said.

PM Orbán said the Hungarian presidency’s proposal was that similarly to the eurozone countries’ summits, the leaders of Schengen countries should regularly meet, and they should manage the Schengen borders at the highest political level together “similarly to how the euro is being managed”.