Senior EPP figures, such as Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and party chief Manfred Weber, have made the acceptance of any new MEPs into the EPP conditional on their support for Ukraine. Weber negotiated directly with Magyar in Hungary last week.
“I think the EPP understood the special, sensitive Hungarian situation in that war. But we will support with all other manner and tools of course [the] Ukrainian people,” said Magyar, who has yet to announce whether he intends to take up his seat in Brussels or remain in national politics.
Magyar also supported Ukraine’s right to defend itself, described Russian President Vladimir Putin as an aggressor, and said Ukraine’s “independence and sovereignty” are internationally protected.
An EPP spokesperson said: “Everything he says in relation to Ukraine and the war, the Orbán propaganda machine uses against him. So it is very clear why he is prudent about that.”
