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   (CNN)A senior member of the European Parliament from Hungary's   
   ruling Fidesz party has resigned after he admitted to breaching   
   Belgium's coronavirus lockdown to attend a private gathering   
   described by national media as a "sex party."   
      
   József Szàjer said in a statement that he was "present" at the   
   "private party," where police found about 20 people, including   
   diplomats.   
      
   According to Sarah Durant, the spokeswoman for the Brussels'   
   public prosecutor's office, police were called to an apartment   
   above a bar in the historic city center at 9:30 p.m. last Friday   
   after neighbors "complained of nighttime noise and potential   
   violations of measures linked to the COVID-19 pandemic."   
      
   Officers found about 20 people at the apartment, two of whom,   
   aged 43 and 33, claimed diplomatic immunity, Durrant said.   
      
   During police checks, "a passer-by reported to police that he   
   had seen a man flee down the drainpipe," Durrant explained.   
      
   "The man's hands were bloody. It is possible that he may have   
   been injured while fleeing. Narcotics were found in his   
   backpack. The man was unable to produce any identity documents.   
   He was escorted to his place of residence, where he identified   
   himself on the basis of a diplomatic passport as S.J. (1961)."   
      
   The prosecutor's office said the 59-year-old Hungarian MEP was   
   being investigated over possession of narcotics. "The procedure   
   is ongoing.   
      
   Criminal proceedings could only be brought after the waiver of   
   the diplomatic or parliamentary immunity of the above-mentioned   
   persons by the competent authorities."   
      
   Szàjer has denied taking drugs, and said he "deeply" regretted   
   breaking Covid-19 restrictions. "I offered the police to make an   
   instant test, but they did not do it. According to the police   
   they found an ecstasy pill, but it was not mine, I have no   
   knowledge who and how it (was) placed," he said.   
      
   The gathering, a few meters (yards) from the Brussels Central   
   Police station, broke Belgium's lockdown restrictions, which   
   include an evening curfew and a cap on indoor gatherings to four   
   people.   
      
   Official reports were drawn up for those who broke Covid-19   
   measures. The standard fine for breaking coronavirus   
   restrictions is 250 euros (about $300).   
      
   "I deeply regret for violating the COVID restrictions, it was   
   irresponsible on my part. I am ready to stand for the fine that   
   occurs," said Szàjer.   
      
   The politician apologized to his family, colleagues and voters   
   and asked them "to evaluate my misstep on the background of   
   thirty years of devotion and hard work."   
      
   "The misstep is strictly personal," he added. "I am the only one   
   who owes responsibility for it. I ask everyone not to extend it   
   to my homeland, or to my political community."   
      
   Szájer is a founding member of Hungary's ruling Fidesz party,   
   led by nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban, and also one of   
   the co-authors of the country's controversial constitution in   
   2010 that defined marriage as being solely between a man and a   
   woman.   
      
   Recently, Fidesz has expressed anti-gay views and has voiced   
   strong opposition to worldwide rights for women, girls and LGBTQ   
   people.   
      
   Szájer was the head of the Fidesz delegation in the European   
   Parliament and a sat on the Parliament's foreign affairs   
   committee.   
      
   https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/01/europe/hungarian-mep-lockdown-   
   party-brussels-intl/index.html   
       
      
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