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European Parliament (Strasbourg, France) – The intervention of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban within the European Parliament on Wednesday became a confrontation with a big a part of the meeting, which criticized his closeness to Vladimir Putin and his assaults on the rule of legislation.
“The European Union wants to vary” and the Hungarian presidency “needs to be the catalyst for this transformation,” stated the nationalist chief, whose nation holds the rotating presidency of the EU Council till the tip of December.
He repeatedly emphasised the combat in opposition to immigration or by questioning the European technique of supporting Ukraine.
“Your journey (to Moscow in July) was by no means a peace mission. It was an enormous propaganda present for autocrats,” stated Manfred Weber, the top of the right-wing group (EPP) in Parliament.
“There is just one technique to obtain a simply peace (…) : we should proceed to strengthen Ukraine’s resistance with political, monetary, and navy help,” asserted the President of the Fee, Ursula von der Leyen. (October 9, 2024)
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