Fidesz MEP sure that Orbán’s party will win the 2024 EP election

The Fidesz-Christian Democrats are preparing for victory in the European Parliament election on June 9, the list leader of the Fidesz-Christian Democrats told public radio on Sunday.

Tamás Deutsch said the Fidesz national board had been determined to put together a “winning team” for the EP election, keeping in mind that the next EP term would be “perhaps the most difficult one” as Hungary faced even more “brutal attacks”.

He added that the Fidesz-Christian Democrats list would also represent ethnic Hungarian communities in Vojvodina, in Serbia, and Transcarpathia, in Ukraine.

He said farmers’ interests would be a key issue during the five-year term, pointing to a rebellion by farmers in Western Europe against Brussels’ agriculture policies.

Deutsch: Right-wing, sovereigntists strengthening

Deutsch said a “big, even united right-wing, conservative, sovereigntist group could take shape in the EP with the participation of Fidesz and the Christian Democrats” adding that the “European mainstream” had said for months that a “right-wing, sovereigntist strengthening” was expected in June.

Deutsch said such a group could “redraw the EU’s political map”, offering a chance for the strengthening of the right wing and giving Hungary more room for manoeuvre.