On Tuesday, he made a statement to this website which reads, “The news reported in the Belgian press is about a private party in Brussels on Friday. He was apprehended by police soon afterwards. The married 59-year-old is said to have tried to escape from the scene by climbing through a window. The MEP was party leader in the Hungarian Parliament from 1994 to 2002. Szájer, a member of the Fidesz party, has now resigned, issuing a statement in which he says he “deeply regrets” the incident which he calls a “mis-step.”įidesz is the right-wing nationalist party of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. After the incident, 25 men were questioned by police but it is understood that no one has been formally charged yet. The party took place on the first floor of a building, above a café, and drugs were reportedly found at the scene.

There is widespread speculation on social media that the gathering was a “sex party” which took place on Friday on Rue des Pierres in central Brussels, close to a police station and close to the Grand Place.