Video: Hungary's Fidesz Party Faces Expulsion From European People's Party
- 2 Mar 2019 10:56 AM
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The Hungarian authorities have requested the waiver of immunity for Fidesz MEP Tamas Deutsch. The request was revealed by Roberta Metsola, President of the European Parliament, at the opening of the plenary session in Strasbourg on Monday.
Peter Magyar, leader of the Tisza Party and incoming prime minister, on Saturday criticised Viktor Orban, the Fidesz leader and outgoing prime minister, for failing to take responsibility. Magyar's remarks came in response to Orban's announcement that he is returning the parliamentary mandate he won in the election.
The decision of the Court of Justice of the European Union has made it clear that the so-called child protection law in reality aimed at inciting hate on a systemic level, Mayor Gergely Karacsony said on Facebook, commenting on the CJEU decision issued on Tuesday.
With all votes cast in the April 12 general election counted, the Tisza Party will have 141 representatives in Hungary's 199-seat parliament, giving the party a comfortable two-thirds majority with 70.85 percent, data from the National Election Office released late Saturday show.
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