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Szájer resigns as MEP after Brussels lockdown party

On 29 November 2020 Fidesz MEP József Szájer announced his resignation after Belgian police found him fleeing a gathering in Brussels that broke COVID-19 rules.

József Szájer (Wikimedia Commons portrait; person avatar reused as fact cover, land-pack1 pattern).

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On 29 November 2020 Fidesz MEP József Szájer announced his resignation after Belgian police found him fleeing a gathering in Brussels that broke COVID-19 rules. According to prosecutors, police called by neighbours found about 20 people in a flat in the city centre, and Szájer, who was carrying drugs, tried to escape down a drainpipe. He later left Fidesz.

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  • József Szájer

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    Szájer resigns as MEP after Brussels lockdown party. Actor role on this event; contribution size permanently_blocked (no sourced fraction). Contribution size is permanently_blocked (no sourced fraction); provisional 0.4 stored because contributions.size is NOT NULL.

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  1. 1.telex.hu — sourcetelex.hu · verified
  2. 2.bbc.co.uk — sourcebbc.co.uk · verified
  3. 3.euronews.comchecked 2026-10-15 GET 200, final URL = original (no non-trivial redirect), claim in text: szajer+police · verified

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Factrail. (2026). Szájer resigns as MEP after Brussels lockdown party. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/szajer-resigns-after-brussels-party-2020-11-29

https://factrail.ai/facts/szajer-resigns-after-brussels-party-2020-11-29

Accessed 15 October 2026.

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