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- 1Fidesz turns to Brussels for help after years of blaming it●Hungary's Fidesz spent 16 years blaming "Brussels" for everything. This week it wrote to Brussels for help. In a letter
Hungary's ruling party Fidesz, which spent 16 years campaigning against 'Brussels', has written to the European Union asking for help. In a letter to the EU's rule of law commissioner, Fidesz and its ally KDNP describe the new government's actions as a 'constitutional coup', citing among other things the arrests of two former ministers from the Orbán era. The appeal marks a striking reversal for a party that built its political identity on attacking EU institutions.