Foreign Minister and centre-right
Forza Italia (FI) leader Antonio Tajani answered a question on
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Organ's new Patriots for Europe
group saying that he too was a patriot, but a pro-EU one.
"When I hear patriots, what do you mean patriots? I am also a
patriot, yet I am also pro-EU, it is my civilisation and
identity. Precisely because I am an Italian patriot, I am also a
European patriot," said the former European Parliament chief,
who is also deputy premier.
Orban's group of nationalist parties has burgeoned and is now
the third largest in the EP.
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