EU states agreed a legally binding plan Tuesday (22 September) on relocation of 120,000 refugees, in a vote which thwarted opposition from the Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, and Slovakia.
The vote marks an unusual EU step, in terms of forcing a minority of EU states to take action on issues of national sovereignty.
In a sign of wider opposition, Finland abstained.
"We've reached an agreement with a very big majority, bigger than required by [the EU] treaty. We would hav...
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Eszter Zalan is a Hungarian journalist who worked for Brussels-based news portal EUobserver specialising in European politics, focusing on populism and Brexit.