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"It would be easy, say, to establish a new formation of like-minded Central European parties – or even pan-European anti-immigration training," Orban said in a speech in June on M's memory. Kohl. "There is no doubt that we will be very successful in the 2019 European elections. But I suggest that we resist this temptation and support the ideals of Helmut Kohl and the party family. Instead of desertion, we should assume the most difficult task of renewing the European People's Party and helping it to regain its Christian democratic roots. "
The speech irritated and worried many colleagues in Orban's coalition, who saw it as a presumptuous offensive and a sign of their influence on him. Austrian Prime Minister Sebastian Kurz, a member of the conservative alliance, said his party would vote against Orban on Wednesday, joining Scandinavian, Dutch and Luxembourg center-right parties that have long lost patience with the Hungarian leader.
"Now we see he wants to change us rather than change it," said Corazza Bildt, who is demanding that Orban's Fidesz party be expelled from the conservative coalition.
"A relevant asset"
During the first years of his coup in Hungary, Mr Orban received many external criticisms: more than a dozen objections from the Venice Commission, the most influential human rights body Europe; official censorship by the European Parliament; and the threat of infringement proceedings by the European Union itself, led by Viviane Reding, a member of the European People's Party who was then a civil servant at the European Commission, the Union's civil service.
But he deflected criticism from most of his allies by seeming to compromise, while doing little to moderate his agenda.
In response to pressure from the European institutions, Orban reduced the executive's control of the judiciary, but left one of his oldest friends. He interrupted an attempt to take control of the Hungarian central bank, but then appointed a loyalist to his post. He agreed to reinstate hundreds of forcibly retired judges, but especially in more junior positions.
