FPÖ Wants Orban as EU Commission President

PeoplePoliticians ♦ Published: May 20, 2024; 23:15 ♦ (Vindobona)

The top candidate of the Austrian right-wing party FPÖ is threatening to stop EU contributions under an FPÖ government and would like to see the Hungarian prime minister as EU Commission president.

The FPÖ would like to see Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán as EU Commission President. / Picture: © European People's Party - EPP / Flickr Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0 DEED)

The latest CPAC conference, which took place in Budapest, brought together leading figures from right-wing and conservative parties as well as activists. Prominent speakers included Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, Dutch right-wing populist Geert Wilders, and FPÖ MEP Harald Vilimsky. Even former U.S. President Donald Trump took the opportunity to send a video message to…