Hungary's Orban accuses Europe of 'Soviet-style' meddling


  • World
  • Friday, 05 Jul 2013

BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungary accused the European Parliament on Friday of resorting to Soviet-style methods that challenged the country's sovereignty by passing a resolution deploring recent changes to the constitution.

The European Parliament told Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Wednesday he risked isolating Hungary in Europe unless he repealed the "anti-democratic" changes, the latest in a series of spats between Budapest and Brussels which fears EU member Hungary is drifting back to authoritarianism.

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