The departure of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s Fidesz party from the EU’s biggest political family has opened Pandora’s box in the European Parliament and whetted conservatives’ appetite to reshape the political scene.
A source at the European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) group in the European Parliament told EURACTIV the group’s plan is to initially open its doors to Fidesz, which quit the centre-right European People’s Party (EPP) last week.
The next step is to bring on board the Slovenian Democratic Party (SDS), which is also an EPP member but its leader, Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Janša, is ideologically closer to Orbán.
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Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán on Friday (5 March) called for the creation of a new European right-wing force for “our type of people” who want to protect their families and homeland.
The call came days after Orbán’s Fidesz party quit the European Parliament’s conservative EPP grouping after a lingering dispute.
Viktor Orbán’s Fidesz party is leaving the European People Party’s (EPP) faction in the European Parliament, the Hungarian prime minister announced on Wednesday (3 March), after years of disagreements with the conservative group, which was preparing to vote on their expulsion.
As speculation grew over possible new alliances in the European Parliament for Fidesz, Orbán said “all types of proposals to renew European politics” were being considered.
Viktor Orbán’s Fidesz party is leaving the European People Party’s (EPP) faction in the European Parliament, the Hungarian prime minister announced on Wednesday (3 March), after years of disagreements with the conservative group, which was preparing to vote on their suspension.
However, its status in the EPP party, where it has been suspended since spring 2019, remains unclear and EPP sources told EURACTIV Fidesz has not notified the party secretariat of its intention to leave.
“I hereby inform you, that Fidesz MEPs resign their membership in the EPP Group,” Orbán wrote to EPP group leader Manfred Weber after an overwhelming majority of the group’s MEPs adopted new rules paving the way for the suspension of Orbán’s party.