Hungary s Viktor Orbán has joined forces with Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki and Italy s Matteo Salvini to form a new right-wing political alliance at European level.
They met in Budapest on Thursday to introduce the alliance, vowing to create a European renaissance based on Christian values .
They also discussed the distribution of coronavirus vaccines among EU member states and urged the European Commission to increase the pace of purchases.
The alliance follows the decision of Orban s Fidesz to quit the centre-right European People s Party (EPP), the largest group in the European Parliament, over disagreement around the rule of law.
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