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"Hungary's rightwing prime minister Viktor Orbán gave, and received, no quarter when confronting European parliament critics this week over his government's controversial media law. One MEP called Orbán a "European Chávez", a reference to Venezuela's demagogue president. Orbán replied that accusations of dictatorial behaviour were a "slap in the face" for Hungarian voters who elected him in a landslide vote last April."
AND: "Orbán made clear he would cause maximum embarrassment if Brussels insisted on meddling in his domestic policies. "If you mix up the two, obviously I am ready to fight … It won't just be detrimental or damaging to Hungary alone but … to the EU as a whole," he said in Strasbourg. It was an extraordinary statement: in effect, the EU's standard-bearer was threatening the EU."
