University chief appeals for EU help to fight Hungarian clampdown Read moreIn combative performances addressing first the European parliament and then reporters, Orbán rejected claims that Hungary’s new higher education laws were designed to shut down the Budapest-based Central European University. The government has also demanded that the university open a wing in America and that it no longer teach US-accredited courses. Facebook Twitter Pinterest People protest in support Central European University (CEU). He claimed that some in the EU believed that migration could solve the problem, while Hungary had a different approach. In a familiar reference to the importance of a Christian culture in the EU, Orbán claimed the secular approach on the continent could not successfully mix with the Islamic beliefs of those arriving.

Source: The Guardian April 26, 2017 11:56 UTC