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Right Wing Hungarian Politician Suddenly Resigns

December 1, 2020 at 8:17 pm EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

A senior conservative Hungarian politician abruptly announced his resignation from the European Parliament after the police broke up a party he attended in Brussels because it violated coronavirus restrictions, the New York Times reports.

The party was described by Belgian media as “an all-male orgy.”

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