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KDNP to leave EPP over left turn
A KDNP statement says the EPP has shifted to the left and lost its identity in the process, it is no longer the party created by its Christian Democratic founders.
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State Secretary urges EPP to "return to its Christian roots"
A “dictatorship of opinion” has reached the EPP, Csaba Latorcai said, and urged the party to “return to its Christian roots”.
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MEP: European left wing now acknowledge Hungary’s epidemic defense
The European left wing, which “raced to see who could devise lies faster to shame Hungary and the Hungarian government” in the spring, now acknowledge positively the country’s epidemic defense.
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Gulyás: EPP in leadership crisis
Gergely Gulyás said the European People’s Party is suffering a leadership crisis, recording its worst performance of the past twenty years in the latest European parliamentary elections.
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PM Orbán: Manfred Weber insulted the Hungarian people
The German politician had publicly declared that he did not want to win the office with Hungarian votes.
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Deutsch: EPP meeting “calm and sober"
MEP Tamás Deutsch said a European People’s Party’s EP group meeting on Wednesday night was “calm and sober, despite earlier hopes by the EPP’s adversaries”.
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FM: EPP is "pursuing a witch hunt" against Hungary's ruling Fidesz party
The foreign minister called for double standards to be set aside and for the restoration of a “culture of mutual respect”.
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Prime Minister Orbán responds to Manfred Weber: 'The truth, dear Manfred, is completely the opposite'
EPP group leader Manfred Weber stated in an online press conference on December 3 that the notorious rule of law mechanism, designed to force Member States into altering their stance on key policy areas, is not being set up expressly against Hungary and Poland. According to PM Orbán, however, the truth is completely the opposite. The following is the official, English language transcript of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's response to Weber.
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PM Orbán calls for debate within the EPP on the future of the grouping
The prime minister recommended that the party alliance should modify its strategic guideline and return to the heritage of Wilfried Martens.
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Foreign minister on the EPP, Germany, migration and preserving Christian Europe
The foreign minister said maintaining Schengen is critical for the EU’s competitiveness and the effective protection of external borders is necessary for this to work.
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Fidesz remains an EPP member for the time being
Gergely Gulyás said that if Fidesz quit the EPP, the party would still regard the CDU and CSU as its partners in Germany.
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Fidesz to remain in the EPP "for the time being"
CDU general secretary Paul Ziemiak and CSU leader Markus Söder had warned against the “hasty removal of Fidesz from the EPP.”
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Novák: EPP should strengthen its dedication to center-right politics
Katalin Novák said Fidesz is actively pursuing a form of cooperation which would “be the best possible way for Hungarians and also Europeans.”