Orban says the EU needs new leadership

Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orban on Wednesday called for a change of leadership in Brussels as he blasted the European Union’s policies on migration and Ukraine.

“The sense of this European election is to change the leadership,” the Hungarian leader said during a gathering of prominent right-wingers in Brussels. “If the leadership proves to be bad, it must be replaced. It’s that simple.”

Orban is bidding to tilt the EU in his direction after June’s European election, for which polls currently forecast a right-wing surge. A rightward swing could drastically shift EU policies on key issues from climate to the war in Ukraine.

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