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Hungarian MP berates former Fidesz MEP using drainpipe in parliament

Opposition member Zoltán Varga brandished a length of drainpipe at Fidesz during a parliamentary session on Monday, mocking former MEP József Szájer who had tried to escape from police last week when they raided a sex party in Brussels.

Belgium

Hungarian MEP facing expulsion from EPP group over Gestapo comments

Fidesz MEP Tamas Deutch compared EPP head Manfred Weber to the Gestapo amid an ongoing dispute between Hungary and the EU over the bloc's budget.

World News

Analysis: How should the EU deal with 'totally incompatible' Hungary?

Our political editor, Darren McCaffrey, asks how serious the EU is in its approach to Hungary.

Europe News

Fidesz should agree with EPP mainstream or be ejected, says Juncker

Europe's biggest political grouping, the European People's Party, is facing a reckoning over the membership of Hungary's ruling party Fidesz.

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Hungary

Euroviews. What happened in the Hungarian media could happen in your country too ǀ View

Over the past nine years, public affairs have gradually become the private affairs of people with power, and every relevant law, regulation and practice echoes this shift in perspective. Government officials and politicians treat journalists asking them questions as if we were invading their privacy

Hungary

Opposition candidate claims victory in Budapest mayoral race

Hungary local elections: Opposition candidate Karácsony unseats Fidesz-backed incumbent in Budapest

Hungary

Hungarian opposition challenges Orban for Budapest mayorship

Five opposition parties have joined forces to support a single, common candidate in Sunday's municipal election in Budapest: 44-year-old socialist Gergely Karacsony.

Hungary

Sziget attendees defend Coca Cola's #LoveIsLove campaign in Hungary

Right-wing politicians have called for boycotts of Coca Cola products following the campaign which included images of gay people smiling together.

Hungary

Coca-Cola advert for gay tolerance prompts boycott call in Hungary

Advertisements by Coca-Cola that promote gay acceptance have prompted a boycott call from a senior member of the Hungary’s right-wing ruling party.

Hungary

Why is Hungary withholding food from migrants in its border zones?

Why is Hungary withholding food from migrants in its border zones?

Hungary

Euroviews. Don’t be fooled: Hungary’s government remains a threat to European values ǀ View

The flouting of European values that led to the Fidesz’s suspension from the European People’s Party in March has not changed. What has changed is that the outcome of the elections has made Fidesz realize that it needs to stay in the EPP.

Hungary

Hungarian TV says MEP pledged to remove border fence. (He denies it.)

Hungarian TV claims socialist MEP Istvan Ujhelyi vowed to break down the anti-migrant fence on the country's southern border, but he denies it.

Hungary

Viktor Orban says he may resume media attacks on EU institutions

Hungarian Prime Minister, Viktor Orban, has said his government could resume its media attacks on European Union institutions.

World

Watch Wednesday's episode of Your Call

Watch Wednesday night's full episode of your call in which our panel discuss the state of democracy in the UK and the suspension of Viktor Orban's Fidesz party.

Europe News

Hungary's Orban said he voluntarily agreed to Fidesz suspension

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said he voluntarily agreed to pause Fidesz' party participation from the EPP.

World News

What does the EPP's row with Orbán's Fidesz mean for the EU? | Analysis

The centre-right European People's Party is to decide whether to expel the party led by Hungary's populist prime minister.

Hungary

Women's life tasks lead to wonder of motherhood, says Hungary vice PM

For International Women's Day, some Fidesz politicians did not hold back on their provoking thoughts about gender.

Europe News

Rule of law: EU Parliament wants violators to be stripped off funds

Lawmakers go after Hungary, Poland, Romania and the likes

Hungary

Orban supporters took 'EU-funded buses' to watch him slam EU

A reader from a Hungarian news website noticed European Union flags on several of the vehicles and claimed they were local government minibuses, originally purchased with using EU rural subsidies

Hungary

Hungarian lawmakers reject 'lying, slanderous' EU-backed report

Lawmakers in Hungary have formally rejected the conclusions of an EU-approved report, which claims their government posed a “systematic threat” to the bloc’s values and calls for sanctions.

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