Politics

‘Don’t ruin the love story between Irish and Hungarian patriots’: Viktor Orban criticises Taoiseach

Hungary’s prime minister said Micheál Martin was standing ‘on the side of an empire’

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban addresses his opening speech of the 'Conference of Speakers of the European Union Parliaments' in the parliament building in Budapest, Hungary, on May 12th, 2025. Photograph: AFP via Getty Images
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban addresses his opening speech of the 'Conference of Speakers of the European Union Parliaments' in the parliament building in Budapest, Hungary, on May 12th, 2025. Photograph: AFP via Getty Images
Jack White
Mon May 12 2025 - 14:32

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