According to him, the EU's hopes for a binding agreement that would ensure the return of refugees back to Turkey are just an "illusion". In his opinion, the EU-Turkey deal is threatening Europe's security as the EU is making itself dependent on Turkey's goodwill.
"In return for money and promises, we are submissively begging for Mr. Erdogan to ensure the security of our borders, because we can't protect ourselves," the politician told German newspaper Das Bild, adding that such policy makes "Europe's future and security depend on the goodwill of Turkey."
"In reality, no EU country would be willing and able to implement this into practice," Orban told the newspaper.
The Hungarian leader had already agreed to organize a voting, so that the citizens of his country could vote on EU measures providing for certain refugee quotas. However, he is confident, that Hungarians would oppose such initiative.
Germany is pushing for a pan-European approach to the migrant crisis — led by the European Commission — to secure the external border of the Schengen zone, while not closing its internal borders. However, European countries increasingly doubt the ability of Berlin to resolve the issue this way and are calling for the introduction of internal border controls to stem migrant flows.
