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Hungarian election candidate accuses ruling party of ‘treason’ over alleged EU leak to Russia

PĂ©ter Magyar, who is leading in polls, says OrbĂĄn’s government is ‘betraying Hungarian and European interests’

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The candidate leading the polls in Hungary’s upcoming elections has said the alleged sharing of confidential EU information between Budapest and Moscow should be investigated as possible “treason”, while the European Commission has called for “clarifications” over the alleged leaks.

PĂ©ter Magyar, a conservative anti-corruption campaigner, who is mounting the most serious challenge to Viktor OrbĂĄn’s 16-year-long grip on the Hungarian premiership, said the government appeared to be colluding with Russia, “thereby betraying Hungarian and European interests”.

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Hungarian election candidate accuses ruling party of ‘treason’ over alleged EU leak to Russia