Hungary to hold EU refugee quota referendum by October

Hungary's prime minister office confirmed on 3 May 2016 that the country would hold a referendum on whether to accept any future European Union quota system for resettling refugees in September or early October 2016.

The Hungarian supreme court gave the green light for a national referendum in which the country’s government will campaign for the rejection of the EU plan to resettle asylum seekers.

President Janos Ader of Hungary announced on the 5 July 2016 that the referendum would be held on the 2 October 2016. The question asked would be 'Do you want the European Union to be entitled to prescribe the mandatory settlement of non-Hungarian citizens in Hungary without the consent of parliament?'.

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