Hungary will sign a trade and development deal between the European Union and African, Caribbean and Pacific states after it was promised amendments it sought, the Central European country's foreign minister Peter Szijjarto said on Wednesday.
This week, Orban pulled his Fidesz party from the biggest political group in the European Parliament, the European People's Party (EPP), avoiding an all-but-certain expulsion after changes to its internal rules.
Qualified majority vote by states will be sufficient for removal of voting rights.
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Policy comes as incoming president seeks to tackle claims she would be beholden to Poland and Hungary
The ruling from Europe’s highest court, released on Monday, is a blow to Poland’s nationalist Law and Justice (PiS) government, which has drastically increased control over the judiciary in recent years.
The plan has brought some Tory unity, but Brussels believes it is unworkable.