Viktor Orbán and Ursula von der Leyen clash in fiery debate at European Parliament

The gloves were off as Viktor Orbán appeared before the European Parliament in Strasbourg and faced off with Ursula von der Leyen.

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00:00European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban

00:05clashed during the plenary session in Strasbourg, where Orban debated to present his six-month

00:09presidency of the EU Council.

00:12Often criticised by his anti-Ukrainian and anti-European stances, Orban delivered his

00:16speech in front of a half-empty European Parliament.

00:20But one of the hottest topics was migration.

00:40Despite speaking in a less competitive tone than usual, the Hungarian Prime Minister accused

00:44the Commission of being a political weapon, and he went further with controversial affirmations

00:48to which he did not provide factual numbers or official statistics.

01:04Von der Leyen did not stand back and counter-attacked by denouncing Orban's support for Putin and

01:09confronting his statements on migration.

01:10The

01:34debate to present the six-month presidency usually takes place at the beginning, but

01:38in Orban's case, it was postponed a couple of times since July.

01:41One reason was the floods in Central Europe.