It used to be that the nations known as the Visegrád Four — Poland, Hungary, Czechia, and Slovakia — could be counted on to staunchly resist all attempts by the European Union to force them to take in some of the millions of migrants that have been pouring into Southern Europe and Germany for the last fifteen years.
That was then. This is now.
Czechia and Italy have just signed off on the EU migration “reform” that includes mandatory resettlement quotas for migrants. According to Deutsche Welle:
After almost a decade of wrangling, European Union countries have finally agreed to reform the bloc’s migration and asylum policy.
The plans, given the green light by ministers on Thursday, should see migrants more fairly distributed across the EU’s 27 member states and shake up asylum application practices to allow authorities to deport people more swiftly.
“I didn’t really believe I would be sitting here saying this, but here we are,” Swedish Migration Minister Maria Malmer Stenergard told reporters after chairing 12 hours of talks.
“It is a historic step and a great success to finally be able to unite so many member states.”
I’m so relieved that illegal migrants will be deported more swiftly. Perhaps the EU will reach the same level Britain has attained, and expel an annual 3% of those who have been refused asylum. What an achievement that would be!
According to a report from Fria Tider (translation by LN):
In the Council of Ministers, only Hungary and Poland voted against the settlement. Bulgaria, Lithuania, Malta and Slovakia abstained.
So the tapestry of compliance is nearly complete. Only two threads are missing.
The mandarins of Brussels must have made the Czechs and the Slovaks an offer that they couldn’t refuse.
The vote by the Czech Republic in favor of the measure caused significant outrage back home. Remix News reports (hat tip Reader from Chicago):
Members of the Czech opposition have requested an extraordinary session in parliament to object to Interior Minister Vit Rakusan voting through the EU’s planned mandatory migrant relocation scheme.
Both ANO leader Andrej Babis and SPD leader Tomio Okamura have criticized the Czech government for signing off on the migration reforms proposed by Brussels, regarding it as a betrayal to the country.
Czechia was part of a cohort of EU nations seeking to block the radical plans that will mean member states must accept their fair share of migrants entering the bloc or face a hefty fine for each individual refused access.
However, along with Italy and a number of other opponents, Rakusan backed off his initial position and waved the plans through after late-night talks in Luxembourg on Thursday. Only Poland and Hungary held firm in their opposition to the reforms, while Bulgaria, Malta, Lithuania and Slovakia all abstained.
Here’s a brief report from Parlamentní Listy, kindly translated by Xanthippa:
At the EU the Czech Minister for the Interior Vit Rakusan voted to support the Swedish motion for ‘mandatory solidarity’ of all EU states to share in taking in quotas of migrants, so now it is going to go be the starting point for negotiations with the European Parliament.
Quotas are one method on the table, as is financial support to be remitted to the countries most inundated by migrants or humanitarian aid.
Italy’s Meloni is bickering with Germany about what would constitute a safe third country to which to deport the migrants.
Minister Rakusan’s angle is that Czechia had already been taking in more than its fair share of migrants, just from Ukraine. [Translator’s note: I know some people here in Ottawa who have hosted several Ukrainian families over the last year or so, and at least one of the families had stayed in Prague before they came here.]
See also this English-language report from Brussels.
Perhaps the Czech Minister for the Interior is foolish enough to believe that he’ll get credit for hosting wealthy Ukrainians and those males fleeing the Cokehead of Kiev’s press gangs. I don’t believe that he’s that foolish to not know that rich Ukrainians don’t count; that only low IQ, melanin-rich orcs will count towards Czechia’s quota. More likely, he’s a closet kiddy-diddler, honeypot mark, or both; like almost every other western politician and the reptilians got the goods on him.
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After the immigration yes – SD hopes to get a place in the government
June 10, 2023
After getting the government’s yes to the EU’s controversial asylum quotas through the Council of Ministers, the Sweden Democrats’ party leadership is aiming to have its own ministers in the government.
An internal council has now been set up to make the party more acceptable in American eyes, reports Aftonbladet.
The SD has quickly changed its mind on the EU issue, giving up the demand for a referendum before the election.
The party has also completely changed its mind on the NATO issue.
On Friday it became clear that the SD has also given up its traditional opposition to immigration, when the Swedish government, with SD support, voted in favor of the EU’s controversial proposal on forced immigration in the EU Council of Ministers.
The party now hopes to be so accepted in American eyes that it can be included in the Swedish government.
The SD leadership has appointed an “internal council” to lead the charm offensive against the superpower, or to strengthen the “international view of the party” as it is officially called.
– “It is no secret that our long-term goal is to become a government party. Then the international reputation plays a role, says Mattias Karlsson, now international secretary of the SD, to Aftonbladet.
To this end, SD has recently visited Taiwan and met with parts of the government there.
The US has long had a conflict with China over Taiwan, and it is therefore important for the SD to show its support for the country, which, alongside the Baltic Sea region, is identified as an important source of conflict with the potential to start World War III.
They won`t.
There is always one condition to accept before they can be part of the government.
And another…
And another…
They delude themselves.
No talk of Refugee Relief, or Refugee Assistance.
No. Only Resettlement. The matter has been pre-decided.
Population Replacement rolls on.
Traitors , traitors!!, nothing else ..
Well, Italy, how’s that Meloni cuckette working out for you, eh?
Certainly a disappointment. Kind of makes one wonder how a LePen government would fare. Almost better for her legacy to not be elected than to get the spot and reveal herself as a toadie for the elites.
The case of Meloni demonstrates pretty conclusively that women have no business in government. That they have no business voting for them either (along with most males) is demonstrated by the mediocrity of almost every government throughout the West, and the rolling dumpster fire that is every western nation.
This is why I say we always need to vote only for people several degrees to the right of what we really want.
Here in Canada, it’s “Vote Conservative, get Liberal-lite”. We’d have to get the PPC in to get a real small-c conservative government. And even then. It would probably work out well if the Christian Heritage party were a part of it too. That’s essentially what it takes to keep them from going left.