Hungary rejects Weber for EU’s top job

Hungary’s foreign minister has shut down the idea of supporting German MEP Manfred Weber as the next EU commission president.

In an interview with Euronews the day after the EU elections, Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said Weber — the centre-right European People’s Party lead candidate for EU’s top job — failed to respect Hungarians.

Szijjártó said that Weber would not be a president of the European Commission if he needed the Hungarian votes for that.”

The Hungarian foreign minister dodged whether Michel Barnier, the EU’s chief Brexit negotiator who is rumoured to be eyeing the top Commission post, would be supported by Hungary.

The foreign minister also took a jab at the EU after the Fidesz party and Poland’s ruling Law and Justice party took a commanding majority in the European elections. The EU had triggered Article 7 proceedings against the two countries over the rule of law.

Via Euronews