Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has presented a new alliance with Austria’s far-right Freedom Party and the main Czech opposition party, which hopes to attract other partners and become the biggest right-wing group in the European Parliament.
FILE - Hungary ’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban arrives for an EU summit in Brussels, on June 27, 2024. Orbán has presented a new alliance with Austria ’s far-right Freedom Party and the main Czech opposition party, which hopes to attract other partners and become the biggest right-wing group in the Europe an Parliament.
Orbán in recent years has appeared to relish opportunities to block, water down or delay key EU decisions, routinely going against the grain of most other leaders on issues like theAustrian chancellor to remain in government coalition despite his minister’s controversial EU voteAn espionage scandal rocks Austria, laying bare alleged Russian spying operations across Europe
“Our objective is, and we believe that this will happen, that in a short time, this will be the strongest right-wing group in the European Parliament,” Orbán said. Freedom Party leader Herbert Kickl noted that the new European Parliament will meet for the first time in Strasbourg on July 16. He said that “starting immediately ... all political forces that want to join in our political and positive reform effort are very welcome.”
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