Void vote on migrants deals blow to Hungary's anti-EU revolt
Hungary's populist Prime Minister Viktor Orban suffered a blow Sunday in his revolt against the European Union after low voter turnout voided his referendum aimed at rejecting a contested migrant quota plan
(AFP) Hungary's populist Prime Minister Viktor Orban suffered a blow Sunday in his revolt against the European Union after low voter turnout voided his referendum aimed at rejecting a contested migrant quota plan.
Although a whopping 99.8 percent of voters backed his bid to reject the proposal, overall turnout fell well short of a 50-percent threshold.
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