BUDAPEST: Hungary told European Commission Vice President Frans Timmermans to quit on Friday after he was quoted suggesting Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s animosity towards billionaire George Soros was driven by anti-Semitism.

Hungary’s foreign ministry said Timmermans “should resign from his post after having accused Hungary’s Prime Minister and the country’s government of anti-Semitism”.

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