Hungary's Orban announces plan to form new far-right bloc in European Parliament

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Orban launched the "Patriots for Europe" on Sunday, an alliance with Herbert Kickl, the leader of Austria's far-right Freedom party, and Andrej Babiš, the former prime minister of Czechia.

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00:00Nationalist parties from Austria, Hungary and the Czech Republic have formed a new far-right group in the European Parliament.

00:09Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban launched the new Patriots for Europe party,

00:14along with Austrian politician Herbert Kickl and Czech Andrej Babis.

00:19The announcement was made a day before Hungary takes over the European Union's rotating presidency for six months.

00:29European people want peace, order and development.

00:37And what they get from the current Brussels president is war, migration and stagnation.

00:48Orban said the three political parties had joined forces to become the strongest right-wing group in European politics.

00:55He said the group was like a booster rocket and that the sky was the limit.

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