FILE - Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban arrives for an EU summit in Brussels, on June 27, 2024. Orbán has presented a new alliance with Austria’s far-right Freedom Party and the main Czech opposition party, which hopes to attract other partners and become the biggest right-wing group in the European Parliament. Orbán traveled to Vienna Sunday, June 30, 2024, to present the “Patriots for Europe” alliance of his Fidesz party with the Freedom Party and former Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš’s ANO party — a day before Hungary takes over the European Union’s rotating presidency for six months. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)
FILE - Former Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis addresses the opening session of Hungary Conservative Political Action Conference Hungary in Budapest, Hungary, on May 4, 2023. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has presented a new alliance with Austria’s far-right Freedom Party and the main Czech opposition party, which hopes to attract other partners and become the biggest right-wing group in the European Parliament. Orbán traveled to Vienna Sunday, June 30, 2024, to present the “Patriots for Europe” alliance of his Fidesz party with the Freedom Party and former Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš’s ANO party — a day before Hungary takes over the European Union’s rotating presidency for six months. (Szilard Koszticsak/MTI via AP)
FILE - Herbert Kickl, leader of Austrian Freedom Party (FPOE), arrives for the traditional FPOE May day event at the Urfahraner fair in Linz, Austria, on May 1, 2024. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has presented a new alliance with Austria’s far-right Freedom Party and the main Czech opposition party, which hopes to attract other partners and become the biggest right-wing group in the European Parliament. Orbán traveled to Vienna Sunday, June 30, 2024, to present the “Patriots for Europe” alliance of his Fidesz party with the Freedom Party and former Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš’s ANO party — a day before Hungary takes over the European Union’s rotating presidency for six months. (AP Photo/Christian Bruna)