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EU’s Juncker Slams Hungary’s Orban for Spreading ‘Fake News’

BRUSSELS (Sputnik) - European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker on Friday hit back at Viktor Orban for spreading "fake news" after the Hungarian prime minister blamed him for Brexit.
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"I made it clear to the European Council that some of the prime ministers sitting there are the origin of fake news," he told reporters after the EU summit in Brussels.

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He pointed to the Hungarian prime minister who "says that I am responsible for Brexit, it is fake news. When he says that migrants are responsible for Brexit, it is fake news."

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Orban, a staunch opponent of the Commission’s plans to share out refugees arriving in southern Europe among all EU members, said he would not permit Hungary to be blackmailed.

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