Video: Hungary's Fidesz Party Faces Expulsion From European People's Party
- 2 Mar 2019 10:56 AM
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“We’re paying higher prices in shops … because of the war in Ukraine,” Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said in an interview to public radio on Friday, adding that the war was also dampening Hungary’s economic growth.
The people of Hungary have made Europe stronger; their vibrant culture and economic dynamism rippled through the entire EU, the president of the European Commission said, marking the 20th anniversary of Hungary's EU accession.
The presidents of the National Election Office (NVI) and the National Election Committee (NVB) briefed foreign diplomats accredited to Hungary about the European Parliament elections set for June 9 and the municipal and minority self-government elections also to be held on the same day, the two organisations said in a joint statement.
An independent political observer has reservations about the latest opinion poll which suggests that Fidesz lost 10 percentage points from its voting base, while a pro-government pundit calls these data manipulated.
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