Orbán's party can be excluded from the EU group

"Orbán's party can be excluded from the EU-group"

"the Moderates and the Christian democrats are pushing to exclude the Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán's party Fidesz out of their european political group EPP."

"today will determine the EPP of Fidesz should be thrown out or not."

"the Criticism against Fidesz and the controversial Viktor Orbán has long existed in the christian democratic conservative partigruppen the EPP in the EUROPEAN parliament, but until now, there is a concrete requirement of the exclusion. A total of thirteen parties believe that Fidesz passed the threshold for what is allowed."

"They believe that the development in Hungary has gone in the wrong direction under Orbán's leadership. The mention of the extensive changes made to the Hungarian constitution, the new media law that restricts press freedom and that the university Central European University is no longer able to operate in the country."

"the last Straw for many was a poster campaign in Hungary, where the EU-commission president Jean-Claude Juncker is visible along with the jewish, Hungarian-american businessman George Soros, co-founder of the university. The message was anti-EU and anti-immigration."

"Ulf Kristersson turns against the campaign and Orbán and Fidesz statements."

"– There is an anti-semitic undertone and a use of language that is completely unacceptable, Ulf Kristersson told TT."

"The thirteen parties that stand behind the utträdeskravet does not have a majority of votes where the EPP delegates will meet during the afternoon and evening in Brussels. But they have not given up hope of winning."

"the Vote is secret, which can make that more delegates to vote for the expulsion or choose to abstain. A compromise can also be that Fidesz are not excluded immediately, but given a certain amount of time to change, criticized the decision. This eliminates the EPP a divisive conflict the day before the EU leaders fly in to Brussels for the summit."

"Viktor Orbán, born in 1963, has been the prime minister of Hungary since may 2010, when his conservative party Fidesz won over 50 per cent of the votes. Orbán has subsequently been criticized on the basis of tougher pressregler and government control over the courts, but at home has become popular with the help of an improving economy and tough stance against migrants and refugees. He also led the country first as prime minister from 1998 to 2002."

"Fidesz was originally a liberal party, but since 2000 the EU's christian democratic conservative group, the EPP. In the also includes, among others, the Swedish M and KD, the German CDU and Silvio Berlusconi's Italian Forza Italia. The EPP is the EUROPEAN parliament's largest group, and sits right now at the 217 of the 751 seats. Of them, the twelve members of the Hungarian Fidesz."