Brussels, 19/01/2011 (Agence Europe) - The face-off had been on the cards, and, at the European Parliament in Strasbourg on Wednesday 19 January, the hostilities were opened. As expected, as he was setting out the priorities of the Hungarian Presidency, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán had to face a salvo of criticism of the new media law from all sides, with the exception of the EPP which backed Orbán while awaiting the outcome of the European Commission investigation.
The opening round was...