Is the EU back in vogue?

欧盟是否又流行起来了?

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2026-04-15

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Lisa O’Carroll reports on the ‘resetting’ of the relationship between the UK and the EU. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
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  • This is The Guardian.

  • Today, is the EU back in vogue?

  • I do n't know how good your Hungarian is, but that is the sound of tens of thousands of Hungarians on the banks

  • of the River Danube, chanting, Europe!

  • It's fair to say that the EU is having a bit of a moment.

  • After Viktor Orban was defeated in Hungary on Sunday, his rival, Peter Magyar, promised to repair relations with the EU.

  • Today, the Hungarian people said yes to Europe.

  • They said yes to a free Hungary.

  • Hungary will once again be a strong ally in the European Union and NATO.

  • Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European Commission, wasted no time in celebrating Orbán's fall.

  • So I would like to say that today Europe is Hungarian without any question.

  • The people of Hungary have spoken and they have reclaimed their European path.

  • It's not just the new Prime Minister of Hungary seeking a better relationship with the EU.

  • We 're in a world where there 's massive conflict,

  • great uncertainty, and I strongly believe the UK's best interests are in a stronger, closer relationship with Europe.

  • Almost 10 years after the Brexit referendum, Keir Starmer is trying to reconnect with Europe too.

  • We've got to look forward now, not backwards.

  • Let's not just have all the old arguments of the last decade.

  • Let's go forward and recognise that a stronger, closer relationship with Europe is in the UK's best interest.

  • Does Europe want us back?