A Vice-Chair of the EPP group, József Szájer first joined the European Parliament as an observer in 2003 and has subsequently been elected every time since 2004 representing the FIDESZ-Magyar Polgári Szövetség party.
The EPP group is meeting in Budapest for three days from 3 June to discuss various policies, but relations between the EPP and Hungary's FIDESZ-led government have been strained for some time, with it all coming to a head at May's plenary session in Strasbourg. Europolitics learned…