Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban arrives on the second day of the EU Summit in Brussels, Belgium, June 29, 2016. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Emboldened by Britain's shock vote to quit the EU, Hungary's leader Viktor Orban is forging ahead with his own referendum on migration, in what European diplomats see as a sign of battles to come with anti-Brussels populists across the continent.
The 53-year-old Orban, in power since 2010, has clashed several times with the EU on issues ranging from independence of the courts and the central bank to his handling of the migrant crisis, which has included a fence on Hungary's southern border.
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