Prime minister Viktor Orban (r) at an EPP leaders' meeting when Fidesz was still a full member. In his second spell as PM, since 2010, he has become increasingly authoritarian - and now been given almost absolute power in Budapest (Photo: European People's Party - Flickr)

New push to kick Orban's party out of centre-right EPP

EU Political

by Eszter Zalan, Brussels,

Thirteen centre-right parties, from 11 countries, from Europe' largest political alliance - the European People's Party (EPP) - on Thursday (2 April) called for Hungary's ruling Fidesz party to be kicked out of the centre-right family.

The letter signifies a new push by parties for an expulsion, after on Monday the Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orban's government

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EU Political

Author Bio

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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