Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban attends a debate on the situation of fundamental rights in Hungary at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, July 2, 2013. REUTERS/Vincent Kessler
STRASBOURG, France (Reuters) - The European Parliament told Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Wednesday he risked isolating his country in Europe unless he repealed "anti-democratic" changes to the constitution.
The EU has long been concerned about what it sees as Hungary's drift back to authoritarianism, especially after the constitutional amendments approved in March. Orban rejected the European Parliament's criticism as having "no factual basis".
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