Migration concerns will dominate EU elections next year, Czech leader says


  • World
  • Thursday, 02 Aug 2018

Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis attends an interview with Reuters at the Hrzan's Palace in Prague, Czech Republic, July 31, 2018. Picture taken July 31, 2018. REUTERS/David W Cerny

PRAGUE (Reuters) - Europe's migration problems will be the top voter concern in European Union elections next May, drawing out a silent majority of anti-immigration voters, Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis said.

Babis said the problems in the bloc's border-free Schengen zone were more urgent than those in the euro zone currency group.

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