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Trotters: Hungary's Prime Minister adopts a rhino
The Hungarian PM Viktor Orban has adopted a rhino, and the helped in the campaign to name the new animal - an online vote saw the name 'trotters' win, and the leader joked it didn't need a two-thirds majority to win, as he did in April's election.
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Euroviews. Orban is not Hungary, like the Conservative Party is not the UK | View
Any hopes that the new Foreign Secretary would tone down the rhetoric were quickly dispelled recently with Jeremy Hunt’s appalling and indefensible comparison of the EU to a ‘Soviet prison’- prompting Nigel Farage to remark that Hunt was now ‘talking his language.’
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Euroviews. Shared values must be upheld in all EU countries | View
Many of Orbán’s allies in the centre-right European People’s party (EPP) deserted him. Those expressing their disgust also included fellow Scottish MEPs from the Scottish National Party and the Scottish Conservatives. But it didn’t include most of the Conservative MEPs from England.
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Euroviews. Tories back Orban: Abstention would have sent different signal | View
A large majority of the European Parliament voted to trigger article 7 of the Lisbon Treaty. This majority included many of Fidesz’s colleagues in the EPP (traditionally a very pro-EU grouping) whose affiliation to the EPP is being seriously tested by Fidesz’s membership, writes London's Green MEP.
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Euroviews. UK Tories' support for Orban - Viktor Orban is no ally to be had
These are turbulent times and the way the UK has conducted Brexit talks is threatening our future relationship with the EU. We can’t afford to alienate ourselves even more by offering Orban political support in exchange for his.
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Euroviews. UK Tories' support for Orbán - Conservatives fear criticising Hungary | View
It is clear that at the highest levels of the Cabinet, Conservative politicians are worried about criticising Hungary in any way, because they want to secure favourable treatment in the Brexit negotiations, writes British Labour MEP Theresa Griffin.
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Euroviews. Tories' support for Orban - 'disgraceful move' that echoes UKIP policy
A thank you letter from a far right leader for showing solidarity is not something I would be proud for my party to be associated with. It's astonishing the level The Tories are prepared to stoop to in order to get support for their failed Brexit plan.
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Euroviews. Tories back Hungary's Orbán: What do UK MEPs think? | View
Euronews asks British members of the European Parliament to share their views on the recent vote on the rule of law in Hungary, in which the Tories were the only ruling conservative party in western Europe to oppose taking disciplinary action against Viktor Orbán's government.
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Euroviews. UK Tories' support for Orbán – Do Tories see democracy as a priority?
It is important to note that the Tories sit in the European Parliament along with PiS, the Polish ruling party, who have taken very hostile actions against the independence of the judiciary in their country. These actions leave you wondering whether the Tories see democracy as a priority.
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Euroviews. Orbán's actions not a proxy for Brexit debate | View
It is frankly shameful that the Conservatives were the only ruling party in Western Europe that voted to support Orbán and at a time when my nation needs friends more than ever before, this is hardly a successful strategy to make friends and influence people.
