The president of the European People’s Party, Manfred Weber, said that “the door is open” for the incorporation of the Hungarian party Tisza into the group in the European Parliament, which despite its short history has emerged as a rival to be taken into account against to Viktor Orbán’s Fidesz ruler.
The leader of the conservative European People’s Party made those comments during a meeting in Budapest this Friday with the leader of Tisza, Peter Magyar. “Congratulations on the democratic success in Hungary,” said Weber, adding that the seven Tisza members elected for the next European Parliament “They are welcome in the Popular Party group, so the door is open.”
Hungarianfor his part, stated in the joint press conference that this is the beginning of a fruitful friendship European. With 29% of the votes, the newly minted party won on Sunday seven of the 21 Hungarian seats in it EU Parliament, reducing Fidesz presence from 13 to 11. Two leftists and an ultranationalist complete the Hungarian delegation in the new European Parliament.
He hungarian right-wing party Fidesz, but Viktor Orbánwon the European elections with 44% of the votes, but still achieved one of the worst results in its history by losing important support compared to the 2022 national elections, in which it obtained 52%.
Tiszacreated just a few months before the European elections by Magyar, a disgruntled former member of the Government, has left reinforced of the recent passage through the polls, to the point that Magyar said that the results endorse his party as “a very powerful rival” for Fidesz ahead of the next national elections.
Magyar was indeed planning to use the elections to boost himself and his movement to challenge and defeat Orbán in the coming elections. national elections scheduled for 2026. The 43-year-old lawyer’s accusations of widespread corruption in Orbán’s government, and his claims that Fidesz has used a “propaganda machine” to sow deep social divisions, have resonated with many Hungarians who want change.
“We have prepared the technical and content details of the joint work. On Monday we will travel to Brussels and on Tuesday the Group of the European People’s Party (EPP) will meet, which has become the largest in the new European Parliament, despite all the predictions of the Hungarian Government. The center-right won the European elections and the EPP will be an unavoidable actor in EU decision-making,” Magyar said this Friday in statements to ‘Euronews’.
