Fidesz left the European People's Party

What could have been guessed for some time has happened, Fidesz has left the party group.

The People's Party has long carried the People's Party in name only. Fidesz was constantly attacked in the People's Party, which was leaning more and more towards the left-liberal direction, and as the culmination of this, the constitution of the People's Party group of the European Parliament was changed in such a way that not only individuals, but also entire delegations can be excluded from among them.

This step clearly served to make the work of the Fidesz group impossible, and in response the Hungarian conservative representatives left the parliamentary faction. It was already known then that it was only a matter of time when they would officially leave the so-called People's Party.

Katalin Novák announced the withdrawal yesterday on her social media page.

"Today, Fidesz left the European People's Party. Why?

In 2015, during the immigration crisis, it became clear that the People's Party sees the future in supporting migration, but the Hungarians rejected it, and we made it clear that we do not want to suffer the fate of countries where the impact of mass immigration has already become irreversible.

Now, when the defense against the coronavirus epidemic is tying up all the energy of the decision-makers, in the faction of the European People's Party, instead of looking for a solution to the problems surrounding the EU vaccine procurement and helping effective defense, they secretly made a constitutional amendment that allowed the democratically elected Fidesz representatives are deprived of the exercise of their representative rights.

In recent years, it has become clear that on most issues the European People's Party already represents left-wing values, which we cannot identify with. As several leaders have explained: the People's Party is no longer a right-wing party. We take note of this.

Fidesz belongs to the European democratic right, whose reconstruction has become necessary."