Hungary:
threat of terrorism minimal
The
Paris attacks have not led to an increased threat of terrorism either in
Budapest or in Hungary in general, Zsolt Molnár, head of parliament’s national
security committee, said after a closed session of the committee. He added,
however, that no European country is completely safe as there is a constant
race to foil potential terror plots.
Committee members were briefed on Hungary and Europe’s
security situation by interior ministry staff and representatives of the secret
services.
MPs said that besides the Paris attacks, they also
discussed the implications of Tuesday’s downing a Russian fighter jet by
Turkey.
On the downing of the Russian warplane, Bernadett Szél of
the green opposition LM party said Hungary should assist in clearing up the incident
arguing that chaos only favours the terrorists. On the topic of the Paris
attacks, she said it was proof of the emergence of “a new form of terrorism”
and that stopping it will require that intelligence agencies cooperate more
efficiently.
Szilárd Németh, the committee’s vice chairman for the
ruling Fidesz party, said the briefing had made it clear that illegal migration
and terrorism “go hand in hand”. He said it was not just the current wave of
migrants but earlier waves as well that are responsible for terrorism, arguing
that there were second and third generation immigrants among the terrorists
involved in the Paris attacks.
He said the attacks could have been prevented if the
European Union and certain EU leaders had managed migration “on a different
level”.
Németh noted that the terrorists involved in the Paris
attacks had been on the radar of French intelligence services. He said
intelligence services are doing their job as they are supposed to but “there
are some irresponsible politicians who don’t listen to them”.
The Hungarian government on the other hand listens to
such briefings, he added. He said it has become clear that the government made
the right choice when it decided to launch a national consultation on the link
between migration and terrorism and then instilled the measures necessary to
protect the country.
Molnár said Europe’s security situation justifies his
party’s call for changes to the penal code to introduce sanctions for such
activities as the promotion of terrorism, joining terrorist groups or
recruiting members for them.
Source www.hungarymatters.hu
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