Hungarian parliament rejects constitutional amendment to preclude EU refugee quota

Hungary's prime minister has failed in his attempt to push through constitutional amendments opposing any future plan by the European Union to resettle asylum seekers among members of the bloc. MPs voted 131-3 in favour of Prime Minister Viktor Orban's proposal, but the governing Fidesz party failed to secure any opposition support and fell two votes short of the two-thirds majority of all 199 [...] Read more here: Irish Examiner