Hungary vote deepens rift in European right 1 SHARES Share it! Share TweetBy Agence France-PresseThe European Parliament’s vote to censure Hungary presents the assembly’s dominant center-right bloc with a dilemma over whether to retain its populist Hungarian allies or expel them months before elections. Some European lawmakers, or MEPs, say the vote means it is now inevitable the European People’s Party (EPP), which gathers political movements from several countries, will oust the Fidesz group of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban. The move is seen as unlikely to ever lead to unprecedented sanctions that would strip Hungary of its European Union voting rights, which any member state could veto. Macron tells the EPP “to clean house, but we do not often hear him speaking about Hungary during European summits,” a source within the EPP told AFP.

Source: Manila Bulletin September 14, 2018 02:03 UTC