Hungary's ruling party no longer supports Manfred Weber, the leading center...
BUDAPEST - Hungary’s ruling party no longer supports Manfred Weber, the leading center-right candidate for President of the European Commission, because the German politician made remarks insulting to Hungarians, Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Monday.
The European Parliament’s main center-right grouping, the European People’s Party , suspended Fidesz in March amid concerns that it had broken EU principles on the rule of law. Weber’s remarks, which were described by a Hungarian junior minister as an “insult to Hungarian voters” and widely reported in Hungarian media the day they were made, were described by Orban on Monday as an insult to the Hungarian people as a whole.
“The person of EU Commission President is of utmost significance,” Orban said. “Looking at the campaigns of the leading candidates, these campaigns have convinced me that none of them are fit for the job of leading the Commission.”Orban, who has cast the impending election as a choice between forces opposed to and supporting mass immigration to Europe, has urged mainstream conservatives to forge an alliance with populist, nationalist groups after the vote.
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