Orbán to participate in online conference with Serbian, Slovenian leaders

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán will participate in an online conference with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Jansa next Wednesday, according to a Fidesz official.

The conference Europe without Censorship will be streamed on Orban’s Facebook page, Katalin Novák, a deputy leader of ruling Fidesz, told commercial broadcaster InfoRadio on Monday.

The English-language conference aims to show what leaders “who enjoy an overwhelming majority” in their countries “truly think of Europe … without the distortion of translations,” Novák said.

Due to the pandemic, endeavours by Fidesz and the European People’s Party to iron out their differences have been set back, Novák said. “Even then, some have kept on trying to find a way to expel Fidesz from the party,” she added.

EPP leader Donald Tusk, she said, had partnered with people who were determined “to divide the party family”.