“Viktor Orban is a difficult partner,” according to Manfred Weber, the EPP’s Spitzenkandidat for the next European elections. The Bavarian politician was asked by Austria’s APA news agency whether he considers Orban a partner within the party family. Continue reading “Weber: Orban is a difficult partner”
European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker’s “lecturing” others about Christian Democracy “is a bad joke”, the Hungarian foreign minister said on Sunday. Continue reading “Szijjarto: Juncker ‘no longer’ Christian Democrat”
The government’s enhanced support for families will “benefit the whole nation, including young people” in the long run, Prime Minister Viktor Orban told public Kossuth Radio on Friday. Continue reading “Orban: The nation benefits from even stronger family policy”
Without its nations, Europe would lose its spiritual and cultural identity, Prime Minister Viktor Orban said, addressing a European People’s Party (EPP) congress in Helsinki on Thursday. Continue reading “Orban: Europe cannot exist without nations”
Hungary’s government has hit back at Former Finnish prime minister Alexander Stubb’s call on the European People’s Party to consider expelling Fidesz from its ranks, saying that its refusal to back “the liberals’ immigration policy” was the reason behind the political attacks directed at Hungary. Continue reading “Govt hits back at Stubb’s call on EPP to consider Fidesz expulsion”
Prime Minister Viktor Orban and Hunor Kelemen had talks today in the parliament about the tasks related to the congress of the European People’s Party to be held in Helsinki in November. Continue reading “Fidesz and RMDSZ support Weber”
Next year’s European parliamentary elections could bring about the start of a new phase in the life of the European Union, Parliamentary Speaker Laszlo Kover said in an interview to Monday’s edition of the daily Magyar Idok. Continue reading “Kover: EP elections could launch new phase in life of EU”
