Hungary Premier Risks More Isolation With Nazi Comparison
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Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban risked further isolation in the European Union after comparing a remark made by Chancellor Angela Merkel with Nazi Germany’s military seizure of the country in World War II.
As the two leaders prepare to meet tomorrow in Brussels at an EU summit, Orban’s comments in a May 17 radio interview have raised the ire of politicians in Berlin. German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle yesterday called his words a “regrettable derailment.”