Hungary's Orbán says Fidesz could quit EPP amid anti-Juncker row

Nationalist PM was criticised by leader of centre-right group over billboard attack campaign

The Hungarian prime minister, Viktor Orbán, has said his ruling nationalist Fidesz party may drop out of the centre-right European People’s party (EPP) amid a row over his government’s anti-Brussels media campaign.

The EPP group leader, Manfred Weber, on Tuesday demanded Fidesz take down billboards attacking the European commission president, Jean-Claude Juncker, which were part of its campaign ahead of European parliamentary elections in May.

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