GETTY Viktor Orban warms up for battle telling Hungary Brussels will want

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The Hungarian Prime Minister fired a warning shot this morning after 98% of voters backed him at the ballot box, rejecting EU migrant quotas. Officially, the vote is invalid as only 43 per cent turned out to cast a vote - and 50% was needed. But a jubilant Orban is taking the result as a victory of the political elite. Viktor Orban told Parliament on Monday morning he is ready to go toe-to-two with the elite in Brussels. He said: ""No party since 1999 has ever been given such a support that the Hungarian governing party got yesterday. This support is binding; we won’t let anyone to take advantage on or to despise these voters. “We put up a fight against Brussels. We knew that it’s going to be a heavy fight; we have to face revenge and blackmailing. "The EU bureaucrats and the left wing of the EU is pro-migration; they consider the influx of migrants as right and useful.

GETTY Orban said he is ready to battle Brussels and will amend law to do so

We put up a fight against Brussels. We knew that it’s going to be a heavy fight; we have to face revenge and blackmailing Viktor Orban

"The decision of this referendum will determine the future of Hungary for a very long period; the country will be different if we accept the quotas and different if we reject it. "Hungary has decided: 98% of the voters believe that solely Budapest has the right to decide, and now we have to fight to enforce our right. "From today in Brussels we are not representing the opinion of a political party or even a government, but the opinion of 3,3 million Hungarian people. "With the overwhelming majority of ‘no’ votes yesterday, Hungary has won.” The vote was held in response to EU migrant quotas - plans to share out 160,000 asylum seekers across member states - which were drawn up by the EU. Hungarians rejected the quotas, insisting Hungary should decide how many migrants enter their country. The nation was left horrified one year ago when as many as 4,000 people per day crossed into Hungary and headed for western Europe.

GETTY Jean Claude-Juncker and the EU Commission is expected to be looking for

Tear gas was used at the borders as migrants clashed with police, and railways blocked by thousands of marching migrants, in scenes aired on national TV. The ruling Fidesz party ordered the building of a controversial €300m fence, guarded with dogs and soldiers, as well as police, to stem the flow of migrants. Although the Balkan route has now slowed, the fence is guarded 24/7, over fears it will pick up again. Mr Orban said: "The migrant threat from South is still huge and it constantly puts pressure on the countries of Europe. "The Hungarian government has done everything to protect the country’s and the EU borders. "We built more fences, we created permanent border-hunter units, recruited another 3000 police officers, and we set up a permanent border control. That makes prepared to stop even millions of migrants. "But now that we are able to stop people fleeing from the South, the antidemocratic, illegal and inhuman EU mandatory quota system could send millions on us from the West.” Orban was the first to put the question over quotas to his people - after a year-long campaign paid for by the public purse which has been branded “xenophobic”.

Getty Images Voters took to the polls in Hungary but the final result is technically invalid

The leader of the 10m population country announced in Parliament he will begin proceedings to modify the Hungarian Constitution to stop Brussels enforcing migrant quotas. He said: "We believe that the only honest and right move is act and enforce it, therefore I am initiating the modification of the . "We already successfully modified EU’s politics. When we started to build fences, a lot more countries were against it than now.

GETTY Viktor Orban is victorious after referendum win but claims he is ready for Brussels fight