Orbán cabinet: Fidesz wants strong, united, anti-migration EPP

Fidesz wants a strong, united, Christian democratic European People’s Party that opposes migration, Gergely Gulyás, the head of the PM’s Office, said, adding that his party wants to remain in the center-right bloc as long as there is a chance of the EPP embracing these values.

Fidesz has always distanced itself from making personal attacks against people within its political family, Gulyás told MTI.

He noted that Prime Minister Viktor Orbán will head Fidesz’s delegation to the EPP‘s political general assembly scheduled for Wednesday, where delegates are expected to vote on Fidesz’s future in the grouping.

“We would like to see fair and clear conditions,” Gulyás said. “We want to see a strong, united, Christian democratic EPP which opposes illegal immigration, and as long as there is hope and a good chance of this, we want to be a part of the EPP.”

He stressed, at the same time, Fidesz’s position that no compromise was possible when it came to opposing immigration and protecting Christian culture.

Asked about recent articles in conservative Hungarian media criticising EPP chairman Joseph Daul and group leader and spitzenkandidat Manfred Weber, Gulyás said that although there had been disagreements within the grouping, Fidesz had never gone to the lengths of personally criticising the head and top candidate of the EPP. The party will continue to abide by this principle in the future, too, he added.