During the afternoon of Monday 9 April, the President of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, wrote to the Hungarian Prime Minister, Viktor Orbán, to congratulate him on his victory in the parliamentary elections of 8 April, which saw a clear victory for his party, Fidesz.
The Commission also stressed that it intended to work with Orbán to meet common challenges, whilst reiterating that the European Union is a union of democracy and values and that the defence of these values is a...