László Kövér took part in the meeting which was attended by Milan Stech, president of the Czech Senate, Jan Hamacek, chairman of the Czech Chamber of Deputies, Stanislaw Karczewski, president of the Polish Senate and Peter Weiss, Slovakia’s ambassador to the Czech Republic.

The meeting was also attended by Claude Bartolone, president of the French National Assembly, who gave an outline of his country’s migration policy. Speaking at a press conference after the meeting, Kövér reiterated Hungary’s commitment to preserving the European Union. He said he firmly believed that the majority should not be allowed to force their opinion onto the rest in the bloc.

The EU’s current problems can only be resolved through “honest and continued dialogue,” he said. Kövér said the parties agreed that the mandatory quota system proposed by Brussels must be rejected.

The quota system is “an inappropriate and dangerous concept which would work to the advantage of those who do not want the EU to exist in the future,” Kövér said.

The migrant crisis can only be resolved by protecting the EU’s external Schengen borders, he insisted. In the afternoon Kövér met Czech Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka and held bilateral talks with Jan Hamacek. He later on unveiled a renovated plaque for 18th-century statesman Ferenc Rákóczi II and met Hungarians living in Prague.

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