Orban Courts EU Ire by Endorsing Disputed Georgia Election Vote
- Hungarian premier backs ruling party during visit to Georgia
- Tens of thousands protested the election at a rally in Tbilisi
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban engineered another diplomatic divide with his European Union counterparts, pointedly siding with Georgia’s ruling party as the winner of parliamentary elections.
Orban, whose country holds the EU’s rotating presidency, told Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze during a visit to Georgia on Tuesday that he should ignore complaints about the election from the 27-nation bloc, and said the vote was free and democratic.