Politico: Orban and his ‘Hapsburg Empire’ – Why are the ‘Patriots’ suddenly uniting?

“Patriots for Europe” is the name of the political group founded by the Prime Minister of Hungary, Viktor Orbán, with Politico referring to the “Hapsburg empire fighting back” in its article. As the publication notes, amid the flurry of headlines about the Hungarian leader’s machinations in recent days, the most revealing in terms of his relationship with power was the announcement on June 30 in Vienna that he was forming “Patriots for Europe”, a political group in the European Parliament. “Standing in central Vienna alongside fellow right-wing populists from Austria and the Czech Republic, a triumphant Orban announced his new club (comprising the core former Habsburg territories: Austria, Bohemia and Hungary), leaving no doubt about who will be in charge,” notes Politico. “We are creating a political formation that in my view will take off like a rocket and very quickly become the biggest group on the European right,” Orban said. […]
Source: News Beast

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