Orbán should not form part of EPP – Juncker

cde.news desk 20 February 2019, 06:23 · 1 min read

epa06390081 (L-R) Prime Minister of Spain Mariano Rajoy, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker during a family picture of 24 heads of state members of Defense Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) on the side of the European Council meeting in Brussels, Belgium, 14 December 2017. EU leaders gather to discuss the most compelling matters in terms of migration, defense foreign affairs, education, culture, social issues and 'Brexit' negotiations. EPA-EFE/STEPHANIE LECOCQ

European Commission head Jean-Claude Juncker has said Viktor Orban’s political party does not belong in his center-right EPP group. Orban’s party has accused Juncker and the EU of purposely weakening Hungary’s borders.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s political party no longer belongs in the center-right EPP grouping in the European Parliament, European Commission (EC) President Jean-Claude Juncker said on Tuesday.

Juncker was responding to a political poster by Orban’s Fidesz party that accuses the EC chief of working with the billionaire philanthropist George Soros to allow more migrants into Hungary.

“Against lies there’s not much you can do,” Juncker said. He added that the head of the European People’s Party (EPP) in the European Parliament, Manfred Weber, should consider “if I need this voice” in the grouping.

Topics EU Hungary Jean Claude Juncker Orban