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European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen with Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán, shortly before the debate in Strasbourg on Wednesday — a rare public confrontation between the two (Photo: europarl.eu)

Von der Leyen goes for Orbán's jugular in EU Parliament clash

Ursula von der Leyen "surprised" Viktor Orbán by goading him on Russia and migration at the European Parliament, in a rare public face-to-face meeting between the two, even though he'd tried to make nice about his EU presidency. 

The Hungarian prime minister opened the debate in the Strasbourg plenary on Wednesday (9 October) by talking at length about he...

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European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen with Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán, shortly before the debate in Strasbourg on Wednesday — a rare public confrontation between the two (Photo: europarl.eu)

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