European Lawmakers Push to Remove Putin Interpreter From Hungary Election Observation Mission. OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Objects

Hungary’s election and Europe’s struggle with inevitability – European Council on Foreign Relations

Cover image: picture alliance / ZUMAPRESS.com | Daniel Alfoldi Hungary’s election on April 12th is attracting unusual attention across Europe. The prime minister, Viktor Orban, is a poster boy for contemporary populism—a Trump before Trump—and an inspiration for Europe’s far right. But, for the first time in 16 years, he and his Fidesz party are in trouble. Some polling suggests opposition leader Peter Magyar and his Tisza party could go as far …

European lawmakers push to remove Putin interpreter from Hungary election observation mission. OSCE Parliamentary Assembly president objects

A cross-party group of members of the European Parliament called for the removal of a former Kremlin interpreter from an OSCE mission set to monitor Hungary's April 12 election, a move that has been rebuked by the President of the OSCE's Parliamentary Assembly.