Friday, March 29, 2024 | Ramadan 18, 1445 H
clear sky
weather
OMAN
25°C / 25°C
EDITOR IN CHIEF- ABDULLAH BIN SALIM AL SHUEILI

Hungary’s PM to face MEPs over rights concerns

993981
993981
minus
plus

BRUSSELS:  Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban will defend his country’s rights record at the European Parliament on Wednesday, officials said, as the EU mulls possible action against Budapest. The European Commission warned this month that it could begin so-called infringement proceedings within weeks if Orban did not resolve EU concerns about plans to tighten government control over migrants, academic freedoms and NGOs. A spokeswoman for parliament’s biggest group, the centre-right European People’s Party (EPP) to which Orban belongs, said the prime minister “will be there on Wednesday” for a scheduled debate on Hungary. “He will address MEPs,” the spokeswoman said Tuesday. The Hungarian EU representative office in Brussels confirmed the premier’s visit but gave no further details. Orban has sparked deep unease over legislation that could force the closure of the Central European University in Budapest, founded by US billionaire investor George Soros and seen as a beacon of the liberal EU values often derided by the prime minister. — AFP


SHARE ARTICLE
arrow up
home icon