Yesterday, Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán boasted about Donald Trump’s presidency within the US, which he mentioned would set off a brand new right-wing surge in Europe.
As we speak Radio Schuman digs into present relations between Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and the newly re-elected US president Donald Trump with Gabor Tanacz, Euronews correspondent in Budapest.
Orbán was been an early supporter of Trump, and the 2 leaders met final month at Mar-a-Lago. Though Trump as soon as mistakenly confused Orbán with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, he has described Orbán as “one of many strongest leaders anyplace on this planet.”
Many officers in Brussels anticipate that Orbán will function Trump’s key interlocutor on European affairs. Nonetheless, at Trump’s inauguration ceremony final evening, Giorgia Meloni emerged as probably the most distinguished EU chief in attendance. The Hungarian chief was in Budapest yesterday, the place he delivered a speech reflecting on his nation’s current presidency of the EU.
We additionally check out at present’s European Parliament debates and a gathering between migration European Commissioner Magnus Brunner and the president of the Canary Islands’ regional authorities, Fernando Clavijo.
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