Gulyas: Hungary attacked for immigration policy in EU

The European Parliament election campaign is not the forum to chew over the politically motivated Article 7 procedure launched against Hungary, a government official said in Bucharest. But, in this respect at least, European Union presidency-holder Romania "does not lack good will" towards Hungary, Gergely Gulyas, the head of the Prime Minister's Office, said. After meeting George Ciamba, the Romanian minister for European affairs, Gulyas said Article 7 had been launched against Hungary by pro-migration forces in European Parliament who disfavoured the country's policy on migration. "We're hopeful the May [EP] elections will bring about a shift in powers relations ... [and] the procedure won't last long," he said. The standpoints on migration of Romania and Hungary are similar, he said, adding that illegal migration "should be prevented".