BUDAPEST, June 27 (Xinhua) -- There is almost a consensus in Hungary on no-interference from Brussels on Hungary's migration policy and economic independence, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said here on Tuesday at the closing ceremony of the National Consultation on Immigration.
The Hungarian government launched a survey at the end of March to seek opinions from citizens on how to deal with EU policies that the government considers harmful.
Dubbed "National Consultation," the survey was posted to households with six questions.
"All of the six questions about the domains where Brussels must be stopped received an overwhelming support regarding the migration crisis, the centralisation initiatives and the abstraction of national authority," said the prime minister.
"The unity of Europe is challenged today by two serious historical questions, the first is the question of migration, and the other is the direction of our future: are we heading towards a Europe of Brussels, or a Europe of nations?" asked Orban at the ceremony.
"Some say that there are no illegal migrants, and it is our duty to welcome and give shelter to half of the world, when even the neighbours of the migrants' home countries are not doing so," Orban said.
He made it clear that he did not want to support a German idea that wants to hold Hungary responsible for letting the migrants in Europe back in 2015.
He further explained that Hungarians were not "Eurosceptic," but "Euro realist" who wanted to build on "solid foundation, and not on sand."
He pointed out that "problems have to be solved at their origins, and friends and families have to be protected."
Orban's deputy Zsolt Semjen also spoke about the migration issue, which he linked to the question of demographic problems of Hungary.
"Regardless of the type of fence that we build, we cannot defend the nation if too few children are born," he warned.
"Fidesz (governing party) has firstly defended the country from economic breakdown, than from migration," Lajos Kosa, the chief of Fidesz's parliamentary fraction told at the event.
"Hungary was able to defend its borders and took a stand against the invasion," he asserted.
"Until Fidesz is ruling the country, the country will be safe," he told, in a context of electoral competition, ahead of next spring's general elections.
