Jozsef Szajer is a well-known Hungarian politician in a right-wing party led by Prime Minister Viktor Orban. After police broke up a party, he abruptly announced his resignation from the European Parliament, Szajar attended in Brussels.
What We Know:
- On Tuesday is was confirmed Szajar had been at the party, which had violated coronavirus restrictions. He did not comment to Belgian media on the party’s claims of being an all-male orgy in the heart of the city’s gay.
- Brussels public prosecutor gave a statement describing the events; police had been called on Friday after neighbors complained about noises and found 20 people in an apartment. Two of the men invoked diplomatic immunity.
- “A passer-by reported to the police that he had seen a man fleeing” the scene, the prosecutor’s statement said, “The man’s hands were bloody. It is possible that he may have been injured while fleeing. Narcotics were found in his backpack.”
“The man was unable to produce any identity documents,” the prosecutor continued, “He was escorted to his place of residence, where he identified himself as S. J. (1961) by means of a diplomatic passport,” the prosecutor said. That matches Mr. Szajer’s initials and year of birth.
- According to the New York Times, Mr. Szajer gave a statement to the European People’s Party, the coalition of European conservative parties that includes his Fidesz. “The news reported in the Belgian press about a private party in Brussels on Friday, I was present,” Mr. Szajer also posted a letter to his personal website.
- Mr. Szajer made it a point to mention he does do drugs. The Belgian government banned gatherings in Brussel to limit the spread of the virus. Mr. Szajer expressed his regret, ” I apologize to my family, to my colleagues, to my voters.”
- Prime Minister Mr. Orban has used conservative Christian values and anti-gay rhetoric in Hungary. His allies have adopted these ideals, such as defining marriage as a union between man and woman. Mr. Szajer has been a longtime ally of Mr. Orban and has been a member of the European Parliament since Hungary entered the European bloc in 2004.
On Sunday, Mr. Szajer announced he would be resigning from the Europen Parliament effective December 31.
