Taking to Facebook as 2025 draws to a close, Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó posted to reiterate Hungary’s opposition to migration, with the EU Migration Pact set to take effect in the coming year.
“It’s important to make it clear to everyone that, just as in 2025, we will not allow a single migrant into Hungary in 2026, nor will we pay a single forint of Hungarian taxpayers’ money for other migrants,” said Szijjártó as the new year approaches.
Predicting a “Hungarian uprising against the (EU) Migration Pact” in the coming year, the foreign minister stated: “It may seem far away now, but one of the biggest battles of 2026 will be the Hungarian uprising against the Migration Pact that Brussels is set to implement in the summer. This is the regulation that, on paper, is intended to ‘make the European asylum system more effective,’ but in practice it would mean nothing less than a coercive situation for Hungary: pay or accept.”
Szijjártó further clarified that not only will Hungary not allow in a single migrant, it will also not pay for them according to Brussels’ penalty system, which he called “downright absurd.”
“We, who built a fence at our own expense and have been protecting the EU’s external border for more than ten years. We, who are currently being fined 1 million euros a day just for not letting migrants into our country.”
He then accused Western European countries of trying to offload migrants onto unwilling member states, after their lax policies led to serious social deterioration, including stagnant economies, violent crime waves perpetrated by migrants, lack of housing and healthcare for citizens, and a severe decline in education.
“To the west of us, they did not act and were unable or unwilling to defend themselves against migrants. These are countries where the security situation has deteriorated to such an extent that it is tearing apart the social fabric, and that is why they now want to get rid of migrants under the Migration Pact,” Hungary’s foreign minister wrote.
“We say no to this in 2026 (as well), and we say it in advance: Hungary will not implement the measures of the Migration Pact. We do not want migrants, we do not want parallel societies, and we do not want to spend the Christmas holidays under the threat of terrorism,” wrote Szijjártó.
Calling on Hungarians to be wary of a Tisza-led government, under opposition leader Péter Magyar, Szijjártó said Hungary will become a mere puppet of Brussels if Fidesz loses the upcoming election in April 2026.
“But let there be no doubt, Brussels’ puppets would not do this; they would allow Hungary to be turned into an immigrant country. The Tisza and DK parties supported Brussels’ Migration Pact, but now they are keeping quiet.”
