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Trump meeting 'may help Viktor Orban in European Parliament elections'

"So even though experts expected more concrete announcements from the meetings, this meeting with President Trump is something that may become very, very useful for Viktor Orban in the campaign of the upcoming European Parliament elections."

14/05/2019

World News

WATCH: Trump praises Orban for protecting Christians from migrants

"You're respected all over Europe. Probably like me a little bit controversial, but that's okay," Trump told Orban.

13/05/2019

World News

Guy Verhofstadt: 'There is no east-west divide in Europe'

"There is not an east-west divide [in Europe]. There is a divide in the brain of the Orbans of this world. Of Dragnea in Romania.”

13/05/2019

USA

Euroviews. Trump hosting Orban will only encourage the global far right ǀ View

European Parliament elections are right around the corner, and this visit will only elevate the illiberal forces that Orban and his party represent.

13/05/2019

World

Memories of migration mayhem on the Hungary-Serbia border

Our correspondents Damon Embling and Gabor Tanacs reach the farmland on the border between Hungary and Serbia which was one of the main routes during the migrant crisis in 2015.

10/05/2019

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.

07/05/2019

World

Raw Politics in full: Turkey's election re-run and EU minimum wage

Watch the full episode of Tuesday night's Raw Politics.

07/05/2019

No Comment

Orban and Salvini inspect Hungary's border fence with Serbia

Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini took a helicopter from Budapest during his visit to Hungary on Thursday (May 2) to visit Prime Minister Viktor Orban at the fence on the country's southern border with Serbia.

02/05/2019

World

Hungary reflects on 15 years of EU membership

Fifteen years ago today, Hungary joined the European Union. But the anniversary of its accession has coincided with strong allegations of misuse of EU funds in the country and the current government is very hostile to Brussels.

01/05/2019

Poland

Euroviews. So, it’s the end of liberal democracy? Think again ǀ View

The death of liberal democracy has been announced prematurely. But without efforts to counter populism and pessimism, it could become a self-fulfilling prophecy.

16/04/2019

World News

Brussels vs. Orban - next round

EU Commission investigates former company of Hungary's right-wing PM's son-in-law for price-fixing allegations

09/04/2019

World News

Euroviews. The week that was: is identity a battle between light and darkness?

A belated round-up for this month's best View articles which have been driving debate across Europe over the last few weeks.

28/03/2019

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.

24/03/2019

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.

21/03/2019

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.

20/03/2019

Hungary

Hungary's Orban apologises to 'useful idiots' to keep Fidesz in EPP

Hungary's Orban has apologised to Belgian MP Wouter Beke in a bid to stay in the EPP.

14/03/2019

Hungary

Hungary covers up some anti-EU posters during Manfred Weber's visit

The billboards were covered on the road from Budapest's airport to the city centre but left bare in the other direction.

13/03/2019

Europe News

Orban meets Weber in Budapest on Tuesday

Crisis meeting to avoid further escalation with Hungary's ruling Fidesz party

11/03/2019

Hungary

Orban says Fidesz may leave EPP as party faces expulsion

"Obviously if we have to start something new, then the first place where we'll start negotiations will be Poland," Orban said on Friday.

08/03/2019

Hungary

Euroviews. The EPP must ditch Orbán to salvage its credibility ǀ View

The enfant terrible of the EPP, Viktor Orbán has consistently crossed red lines set out by the Europarty. In order to salvage what remains of its credibility and stick up for the EU's core values, the EPP must cut ties with the Hungarian autocrat before it is too late.

08/03/2019