Orban Digs In for Merkel Fight With Migrant-Quota Ballot: Q&A

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Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban is digging in for a fight against German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

The eastern European leader, the most outspoken critic of her open-door policy for migrants, called on Hungarians to vote in a referendum against a mandatory quota plan to help shelter the biggest influx of migrants since World War II.