Orban vows to strive for EPP success

Prime Minister Viktor Orban, in an interview to Germany's Bild on Friday, said he would strive for the success of the European People's Party. "I want the EPP to win the European Parliament election, but afterwards there will be a debate on the direction it takes," he told the paper. Orban said he still considered the EPP his "political home". He added that whether Fidesz stayed in the EPP or joined a new alliance depended on the EPP. "[There's] a painful debate ahead of us," he said. The prime minister cautioned the EPP against joining forces with the left wing, which he said planned "European socialism", the price of which would be paid by Germans and central Europeans.