Hungarian politician Szajer quits ruling party after fleeing Brussels lockdown gathering


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  • Thursday, 03 Dec 2020

FILE PHOTO: Jozsef Szajer, senior member of ruling Fidesz party delivers his speech during the party's campaign ahead of the European Parliament elections in Budapest, Hungary April 5, 2019. Picture taken April 5, 2019. REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo

BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungarian politician Jozsef Szajer has quit Prime Minister Viktor Orban's ruling Fidesz party after fleeing a lockdown party in Brussels via a gutter, daily Magyar Nemzet reported on Wednesday.

"The actions of our fellow deputy, Jozsef Szajer, are incompatible with the values of our political family," the paper cited Orban as saying.

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