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Peter Szijjarto - Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Hungary

Stephen Sackur speaks to Hungarian foreign minister Peter Szijjarto. Has Hungary's act of rejecting the agreed response to the migration challenge threatened the EU's future?

Stephen Sackur speaks to Hungarian foreign minister Peter Szijjarto. Brexit is not the only threat to the coherence of the European Union. In Hungary, the government of Victor Orban rejected the EU's agreed response to the external migration challenge, holding a referendum in a bid to assert Hungary's right to ignore EU rules. Other EU member states have accused Hungary of threatening the union's future. Why won't Hungary play by the rules?

30 minutes

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Interviewer Stephen Sackur
Interviewed Guest Peter Szijjarto

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