Fidesz MEP Deutsch Not Expelled from EPP Group but Faces Strict Consequences after Harsh Remarks
Deputies of the European People’s Party (EPP) in the European Parliament have strongly condemned critical statements made by Tamás Deutsch, an MEP of Hungary’s ruling Fidesz, about the group and its leader, but have not expelled him from their ranks, under a decision adopted at a meeting on Wednesday evening.
Austrian MEP Othmar Karas initiated Deutsch’s expulsion from the group over comments Deutsch had made comparing the EPP and its group leader Manfred Weber’s support for the European Union’s rule of law mechanism to 20th century authoritarian regimes.
The European People’s Party is “pursuing a witch hunt” against Hungary’s ruling Fidesz party, its “most successful member”, Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said on Thursday.
At a press conference held on an unrelated topic, Szijjártó called it “strange” that the EPP had withdrawn some rights from “one of its best-performing MEPs”, Fidesz delegate Tamás Deutsch.
Deputies of the European People’s Party (EPP) in the European Parliament have strongly condemned critical statements made by Tamás Deutsch, an MEP of Hungary’s ruling Fidesz, about the group and its leader, but have not expelled him from their ranks, under a decision adopted at a meeting on Wednesday evening. Austrian MEP Othmar Karas initiated […]Continue reading