Right-Wing Governments Revolt Against EU Immigration Demands
Right-wing governments in Europe are pushing back against the European Union’s (EU) asylum rules and some are being punished for it.
The Netherlands Migration Minister Marjolein Faber of the Freedom Party (PVV) announced Wednesday that she wrote to the EU to officially ask for a “migration opt-out.”
The Dutch coalition government is spearheaded by Geert Wilders’ PVV and it declared in May that it would crack down on mass immigration and institute strict border controls, Reuters reported.
Ik heb zojuist de @EU_commission geïnformeerd dat ik voor Nederland een migratie opt-out binnen Europa wil. Wij moeten weer gaan over ons eigen asielbeleid! pic.twitter.com/lHrIkC3FVX
— Marjolein Faber (@MinisterAenM) September 18, 2024
The Netherlands is not the only country pushing back against the EU’s immigration policy’s.
In June, the EU fined Hungary 200 million euros for violating asylum laws, the AP reported. On Wednesday, the European Commission began taking money from “common funds” intended for Budapest since Hungary failed to pay the fine.
The #ECJ’s decision to fine #Hungary with 200M euros plus 1M euros daily(!!!) for defending the borders of the European Union is outrageous and unacceptable. It seems that illegal #migrants are more important to the Brussels bureaucrats than their own European citizens.
— Orbán Viktor (@PM_ViktorOrban) June 13, 2024
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