EU elections

‘We should NOT back down!’ Panic for Brussels as Orban launches new anti-EU campaign

Mr Orban’s nationalist Fidesz party is gearing up for the European Parliament elections in May and he has warned that Hungary could once again target the bloc in media campaigns. Mr Orban said: "People are a bit angry with us in Brussels because, at the start of the European Parliament election campaign, we ran an information campaign in Hungary, essentially exposing what Brussels was up to.

"We have exposed them and, naturally, they are angry.

"Our job now is to continuously inform the people about what Brussels is up to.

"We should not back down, we should not be scared because the opponent takes offence and attacks us with the anger of people who are exposed."

Asked whether Mr Orban's remarks meant Budapest would resume its anti-EU media campaigns, a government spokesman said: "The Prime Minister's words speak for themselves."