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Joseph Daul (c) and Manfred Weber (l) - the party's leadership has been struggling to deal with Hungary's PM Viktor Orban (Photo: European People's Party - Flickr)

EPP aims to tame Orban with 'values' resolution

Europe's largest political family, the centre-right European People's Party (EPP) aims to adopt at its congress in Helsinki this week a resolution in defence of liberal democracy in the face of rising populism across Europe - and even within their own ranks from Hungary's Viktor Orban and his Fidesz party.

The draft resolution titled "Protecting EU Values and Safeguarding Democracy" stresses...

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Eszter Zalan is a Hungarian journalist who worked for Brussels-based news portal EUobserver specialising in European politics, focusing on populism and Brexit.

Joseph Daul (c) and Manfred Weber (l) - the party's leadership has been struggling to deal with Hungary's PM Viktor Orban (Photo: European People's Party - Flickr)

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Eszter Zalan is a Hungarian journalist who worked for Brussels-based news portal EUobserver specialising in European politics, focusing on populism and Brexit.

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