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(Bloomberg) coque iphone 5s reine des neiges The European Union's biggest political group is leaning toward delaying an anticipated vote on whether to expel Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban's party from its ranks as consensus hasn't been reached.
The European People's Party, the largest in the European Parliament, coque iphone 7 kaze is unlikely to hold coque iphone xr leger an up or down on Orban's Fidesz party at a Brussels meeting that starts on Feb. 3, according to EPP sources who asked not to be identified because no official decision has been taken. The EPP suspended Fidesz's membership coque iphone michael jordan in March over rule of law concerns in Hungary.
Playing for time would further drag coque iphone xr netflix out the intra party drama after the EPP endured years coque iphone xr polo of criticism for shielding the Hungarian leader as he eroded democratic checks and balances. The Orban model has since been adopted in Poland and has inspired nationalists in the west, alarming rights advocates coque iphone 7 mario about democratic backsliding in the EU.
Being a member of the EU assembly's biggest group has perks, including the opportunity to confer with fellow leaders including German Chancellor Angela Merkel before EU summits when key decisions are taken. Leaving it could reduce Orban's influence over future deliberations, including the distribution of billions of euros in funding.
A push coque iphone 4s converse to eject Fidesz gained momentum when Donald Tusk took over the reins of the coque iphone 5s thor EPP in November. The group entrusted three "wise men," including Tusk's predecessor as EU president and a former Austrian chancellor, to draw up a report on whether Fidesz was still compatible with it. Its conclusions were expected to steer the EPP's decision.
But the report, originally due by early January, geek coque iphone 6 has yet to be filed and concern over Orban's future moves if he was expelled remain, according to coque iphone 5 valentino rossi the sources. The "wise men" haven't been able to reach a consensus, according to one of the sources, highlighting montage photo pour coque iphone divisions inside the umbrella group.
Tusk met with the trio on Monday, according to his Twitter page. He gave no details on whether the "wise men" had agreed on a recommendation about Fidesz's membership and didn't specify if he would would deliver his assessment of it iphone xr coque karl at the EPP meeting in Brussels.
Orban has repeatedly said that he'd preemptively quit the group before being ousted and that he'd then coque iphone 5c caribou most likely form a new group in coque iphone 6s marvre the European Parliament with populists. On Friday, he said he was "within a centimeter" of doing so after a majority of EPP members backed a European Parliament resolution coque iphone 6s plus draxler calling for redoubling efforts to rein in Hungary and Poland over rights violations.
The Hungarian leader is hedging his bets. He met this month with Jaroslaw Kaczynski, the power behind Poland's ruling Law Justice party, to discuss cooperation in EU party politics. And just when coque iphone xr diable the EPP was originally due to discuss Fidesz's status in Brussels next month, coque iphone 5s jazz Orban is scheduled to speak coque iphone 6 silicone motif in Rome at coque iphone avec un ballon a "national conservatism" forum along the likes of Italian nationalist firebrand Matteo Salvini.
(Updates with EPP leader Tusk in seventh paragraph.)
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