At the end of April, Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said, in reference to the murder that took place in a tobacco shop, that a life sentence is not deterrent enough, as such, the death penalty needs to be kept on the agenda. Orbán confirmed repeatedly that the topic should be discussed, despite members of his own government and the Christian democrat coalition party KDNP disapproving of the idea.
The president of the European commission also commented on his calling the Hungarian prime minister “dictator” during the Eastern Partnership Summit in May. He said he’s been calling Orbán a “dictator” for two years and the fact that he does so is a sign of friendship.



