The Hungarian prime minister arrived in Vienna on Thursday, the place he was acquired by Parliament Speaker Walter Rosenkranz in a gathering condemned by a number of Austrian political events.
Despite criticism from different political events, the newly elected president of the Austrian parliament, Walter Rosenkranz of the far-right Freedom Party (FPÖ), hosted Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán in Vienna as his first official visitor.
The controversial go to occurred within the reception corridor of the Austrian parliament, within the presence of the complete FPÖ management, together with chief Herbert Kickl.
After the assembly, Orbán had a separate, personal assembly with Kickl. However, nothing was initially revealed in regards to the content material of their dialog.
Rosenkranz mentioned the assembly had been organized earlier than he took workplace.
Other Austrian events, together with the Greens and Social Democrats, had resisted Orbán’s go to. Green Party parliamentary chief Sigrid Maurer mentioned that the FPÖ regards Orbán as a mannequin to observe, which ought to be thought-about “an absolute warning signal”.
The FPÖ got here first within the current Austrian parliamentary elections, reaching consequence 29.2% of the vote within the first electoral victory of the nation’s far proper since World War II.
The specialists say the get together has managed to take advantage of Austrian nervousness over housing and healthcare, in addition to usually efficiently blaming immigration for a number of different issues.
As is customary in Austria, the group with probably the most votes nominates the president of parliament – so Rosenkranz was elected final week to the nation’s second-highest state workplace.
Orbán will reportedly not meet Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer in the course of the go to.
Far-right alliance in Europe
Austria’s Freedom Party and Orbán’s Fidesz get together each belong to the brand new European far-right group Patriots for Europe.
The get together shares a deep aversion to this the Green DealEuropean Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s flagship initiative to attain local weather neutrality by 2050, and challenged the venture of European integration in addition to the facility granted to the EU establishments.
Patriots for Europe additionally oppose the availability of army gear to Ukraine, query the effectiveness of Western sanctions towards Moscow and wish to preserve shut relations with Russian President Vladimir Putin and his authorities.
It’s the third largest group within the European Parliament, which boasts dozens of deputies from nations akin to France, Italy and the Netherlands.
