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Not welcome: Hungary's Viktor Orban at an EPP summit before his party's suspension (Photo: European People's Party - Flickr)

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EPP's Orban struggle exposes deeper mainstream dilemma

The tension within Europe's biggest political alliance, the centre-right European People Party (EPP) at times bubbles to the surface.

In January, French EPP MEP Francois-Xavier Bellamy defending the Hungarian government argued: "Does the press have the right to criticise the government? As far as I know, there were no journalists murdered in Hungary," then turning to socialist MEPs criticising them on staying silent on Malta, where a journanlist has been killed.

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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.

Not welcome: Hungary's Viktor Orban at an EPP summit before his party's suspension (Photo: European People's Party - Flickr)

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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.

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