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Today, is the EU 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 Victor

Viktor Orban was defeated in Hungary on Sunday, his rival, Peter Majjar, 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 Orban'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.

But 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, Kirstama 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.

But does Europe want us back?

And how strong is the EU anyway, facing a future without American support and with a belligerent Russia on its borders?

From The Guardian, I'm Helen Pitt.

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