Naked MEP leaps from window after ‘all-male orgy’ bust

Hungarian politician Jozsef Szajer admits attending ‘private party’ broken up by Belgian police for Covid curfew violations

Jozsef Szajer, a former MEP from Hungary’s Fidesz party
Fidesz party member Jozsef Szajer has resigned from the European Parliament
(Image credit: Peter Kohalmi/Getty)

A leading member of Hungary’s ruling right-wing Fidesz party has resigned as an MEP after being busted in a police raid on what he has described as a “private party” in Brussels - along with 24 naked men.

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