Europe’s political problems are bigger than Orbán

• Letter To The Editor

Populist politicians like Viktor Orbán are symptoms of a larger problem.

• Sophie In ‘t Veld *
• Politico

In a recent article for POLITICO, “This time, Viktor Orbán has gone too far” (August 3), my colleague in the European People’s Party, Swedish MEP Anna Maria Corazza Bildt, made an urgent plea for the Hungarian prime minister’s Fidesz party to be expelled from her political group.

I wholeheartedly agree with her.

In recent years, the EPP leadership has been urged countless times to stop protecting Orbán and his all-out war on democracy and on migration.

Each time, they…

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