The Hungarian Prime Minister said during a speech in Budapest that the EU's leaders are driving it into isolation. He also declared that the new US president and the EU's right-wing faction will dominate politics in the future.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has declared a “second phase” of his offensive against Brussels. In a speech ahead of President Trump’s inauguration, Orban criticized the EU's leadership, accusing them of being under the control of a "liberal transatlantic oligarchy.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban used a conference evaluating the country's EU presidency to launch fresh attacks on Brussels, reiterating his long-standing criticisms of the EU and Western liberalism.