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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Peter Walker Deputy political editor

Tory MPs accused of ‘cosying up’ to far-right Hungarian leader Orbán

Hungarian prime minister, Viktor Orbán.
Hungarian prime minister, Viktor Orbán. Photograph: Bernadett Szabó/Reuters

Three Conservative MPs have been condemned after attending a conference hosted by the populist Hungarian prime minister, Viktor Orbán, along with representatives from a series of hard right and far-right European parties.

Veteran backbenchers Sir Edward Leigh, Sir Christopher Chope and Ian Liddell-Grainger were pictured in Budapest alongside Orbán and members of other populist or far-right parties including Belgium’s Vlaams Belang, Spain’s Vox and the Sweden Democrats.

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