Cracks are appearing on the right wing of the EPP group, where some members are openly calling for cooperation with the far right https://t.co/BwCb25CAi3
BREAKING: Viktor Orbán quits Hungary's parliament after 36 years – confirming my earlier scoop that he's planning a longer US trip this summer, where heads of the Orbán business empire – his daughter and son-in-law – already live, and where he could seek refuge from prosecution.
Viktor Orbán has been ousted—and efforts by Washington and Moscow to prop the autocratic leader up give his defeat implications that extend far beyond Hungary, @isaacstanbecker reports from Budapest.
Read more: https://t.co/8gpGeiBSZT
MCC, a Hungarian government-funded academy at the heart of the Fidesz think tank world, hosted Vance this week. But researcher Zalán Alkonyi describes pressure to echo official lines and self-censor. He is the latest insider to dissent. Read more in NYT: https://t.co/fcwieu8wfo
@VSquare_Project Szijjártó in a call to Lavrov after Trump-Putin Alaska summit:
„(..) there was a debrief for the EU ambassadors in Brussels today, and I did not feel that the Europeans would be very happy, you know? And that’s how I felt that things might have gone well.“
💥INVESTIGATION: New leaked audio and call transcripts show how Budapest weaponized Hungarian minority rights in Ukraine to stall EU accession talks. Orbán’s foreign minister, Péter Szijjártó, was even tasked by Sergey Lavrov with sending EU documents. https://t.co/CO4QzMnPvf
Service post for EPP 😘
“(.)Scaling up non-fossil generation, thereby reducing the share of hours when gas sets the electricity price is the only structural approach to decouple Europe’s electricity prices from fossil prices and future shocks.”
https://t.co/Y8mO1KWwGU
„The article (..) examined reduced stock market valuations among companies close to the Fidesz government noting that oligarchs “close to Orbán are… closing out their positions” and moving assets out of as opinion polls indicate that he could lose elections on April 12.“
"All this time Putin had, and still has, a mole in all European and NATO official meetings. If the integrity of these meetings is to be maintained, it would be appropriate to ban Hungary from all of them. Every generation has a Kim Philby”
https://t.co/y3c5piiVIH
"Hello Sergey!" A consortium of investigative outlets obtained transcripts and audio of calls between Hungarian FM Péter Szijjártó, Sergey Lavrov, and other Russian officials, showing how Hungary—and Slovakia—secretly act on the Kremlin’s behalf. https://t.co/hkUv3C4SJ7
SG @alain_berset deplores the Knesset’s decision to expand the death penalty, a deeply troubling step back for human rights. It marks further distancing of Israel from the framework of values with which it has historically chosen to associate itself.
More: https://t.co/w4lmHqMLy9
Breaking News: Israel passed a law that allows for the hanging of Palestinians convicted of deadly attacks. Critics say it likely won't be applied to Jewish extremists convicted of similar crimes. https://t.co/sMSmT2QTKZ