Hungary's central bank Governor Gyorgy Matolcsy speaks during a news conference with Prime Minister Viktor Orban in Budapest, December 18, 2014. REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo
BUDAPEST/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Prime Minister Viktor Orban backed away from suggestions Hungary might re-introduce the death penalty on Thursday after angry criticism from European Union allies.
Orban's Fidesz party, under pressure from a eurosceptic right, said on Wednesday it wanted to raise the possible reintroduction of the death penalty with its EU partners.
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