LMP calls on govt to help swift approval of EU budget

The opposition LMP has called on the government to promote the swift approval of the next seven-year budget of the European Union. Instead of the planned vetoing of the financial framework, the government should make every effort so that it can be passed before next year's European Parliamentary elections, Demeter told a press conference, deputy group leader Marta Demeter said. The current draft would contribute to improving security and curbing migration as it earmarks resources for helping the migrants' countries of origin, for strengthening the EU's external borders and the border protection agency Frontex, and for introducing a new registry system, she said. The Hungarian cabinet criticises from the sidelines the EU's efforts to curb illegal migration and human smuggling but fails to take a fair share of them, with the prime minister staying away from several EU consultations on the issue, Demeter said.