Video: Hungary's Fidesz Party Faces Expulsion From European People's Party
- 2 Mar 2019 10:56 AM
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Weekly newspapers were already on the stands when tens of thousands of people attended the 15 March rally where Péter Magyar, the divorced husband of former justice minister Judit Varga announced his plan to set up a new centrist party. This week, most commentators express scepticism about his initiative.
“Péter Magyar has blackmailed and terrorised me,” Judit Varga, the former justice minister, said on Facebook, referring to her ex-husband who on Tuesday published a recording of a conversation between them which he made secretly in their family home.
Budapest is a republic ruled by Budapest citizens, Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsoy said on Friday, marking the anniversary of the 1848-49 revolution and freedom fight.
Fidesz MEPs dissented yesterday as the European Parliament passed a law on media freedom, designed to impede authorities from exerting pressure on journalists and editors.
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