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Hungary to replace anti-Brussels billboards next week: PM aide
Source: Reuters
WORLD NEWS MARCH 7, 2019 / 6:29 AM / UPDATED AN HOUR AGO
Hungary to replace anti-Brussels billboards next week: PM aide
Gergely Szakacs
3 MIN READ
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungary’s ruling Fidesz party will replace its anti-Brussels billboards after these prompted the European Parliament’s main center-right group to threaten to expel it from its ranks, Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s chief of staff said on Thursday.
On Tuesday European People’s Party (EPP) group leader Manfred Weber demanded that Orban’s Fidesz party take down billboards attacking European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker which were part of its campaign ahead of the European Parliament elections in May.
Orban’s chief of staff Gergely Gulyas said the posters would be replaced next week by others touting Orban’s plans to increase the birth rate and that Fidesz wanted to stay in the EPP.
“The government has approved the plan about the protection of families, so from next week, these billboards will be on display,” Gulyas said.
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Hungary to replace anti-Brussels billboards next week: PM aide
Gergely Szakacs
3 MIN READ
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungary’s ruling Fidesz party will replace its anti-Brussels billboards after these prompted the European Parliament’s main center-right group to threaten to expel it from its ranks, Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s chief of staff said on Thursday.
On Tuesday European People’s Party (EPP) group leader Manfred Weber demanded that Orban’s Fidesz party take down billboards attacking European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker which were part of its campaign ahead of the European Parliament elections in May.
Orban’s chief of staff Gergely Gulyas said the posters would be replaced next week by others touting Orban’s plans to increase the birth rate and that Fidesz wanted to stay in the EPP.
“The government has approved the plan about the protection of families, so from next week, these billboards will be on display,” Gulyas said.
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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-hungary-eu-epp-billboards/hungary-to-replace-anti-brussels-billboards-next-week-pm-aide-idUSKCN1QO19Z