1. Point of No Return: Viktor Orbán’s Divorce from the EPP
- Author:
- Milan Nič and András Rácz
- Publication Date:
- 05-2019
- Content Type:
- Policy Brief
- Institution:
- German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP)
- Abstract:
- A few weeks after the European People’s Party (EPP) suspended the membership of Hungary’s ruling populist party, Fidesz, it looks unlikely that their relationship could be repaired. Seeing his leverage decreasing, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has been paving the way for divorce. The EPP leaders seem to have made up their minds as well. A re-arrangement of the European party system is already taking shape ahead of the upcoming European elections (23–26 May 2019), not only afterwards.
- Topic:
- Government, Regional Cooperation, Elections, European Union, and Political Parties
- Political Geography:
- Europe and Hungary