ND leader calls for ejection of Orban from EPP, takes aim at Tsipras

Conservative New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis said that he will ask for the populist Fidesz party of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban to be ejected from the center-right European People's Party (EPP), to which they both belong, during comments at the Delphi Economic Forum, where he described Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras as an Orban equivalent. 

Addressing the audience on the second day of the forum, Mitsotakis said he would send a letter to the EPP on Monday, requesting the suspension of Fidesz until it drops its far-right rhetoric and complies with European principles and values.

The ND leader compared Tsipras's behavior to that of Orban, referring to interventions in the justice system and the media. "Greece is not only facing a challenge to its economy, it's also facing a challenge to its democracy," he added.

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