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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11637

4 October 2016
SECTORAL POLICIES / Jha
Commission strives to downplay importance of Hungary's referendum on migrants
Brussels, 03/10/2016 (Agence Europe)

On Monday 5 October, the European Commission took official note of the results of a Hungarian referendum on future EU migration policies that the Hungarian electoral commission finally ruled invalid due to low turnout.

Of the 45% of voters who went to the polls in Hungary on Sunday, 95% (more than 3 million) refused to agree to Brussels forcing compulsory quotas of asylum-seekers on Hungary without the approval of the Hungarian parliament.  The Hungarian electoral commission ruled the...

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