EU Parliament Committee Blocks Hungary’s Orbán’s Bid To Lift Immunity Of Rivals Amid Protests (Worthy News In-Depth)

by Stefan J. Bos, Worthy News Europe Bureau Chief, reporting from BudapestBRUSSELS/BUDAPEST (Worthy News) – Hungary’s embattled Prime Minister Viktor Orbán suffered political setbacks after a European Parliament committee rejected his government’s request to strip immunity from prosecution from one of his main rivals, as anti-government protests drew tens of thousands of people in Budapest over the weekend.The legislature’s legal affairs committee voted to protect the parliamentary immunit