VIKTOR ORBAN EXCLUSIVE:Hungarian PM warns EU unity is ‘unravelling' due to growing migrant crisis

THE “fabric of European unity is unravelling” – with the ongoing migrant crisis to blame, the controversial leader of Hungary has said.

- Marco Giannangeli

THREAT: Joe Biden, left, Tony Radakin and Vladimir Putin

Right-wing Prime Minister Viktor Orban says the crisis has exposed fault lines between EU members who believe in statehood and those who seek a “post-national state”.

He said the trouble began in 2015, when Angela Merkel opened Germany’s borders to a million Syrian refugees. With Belarus accused of weaponising migration, and the finger of suspicion pointing at Vladimir Putin’s Russia, Mr Orban warned that for many in Europe “the homeland is central”.

His comments come amid fears Russia could be planning an invasions of Ukraine next year. The UK and US have expressed “deep concern” that Russia has amassed tens of thousands of troops at the Ukraine border, as the allies warned of consequences of an invasion.

Foreign Secretary Liz Truss discussed the threat of a Russian incursion in talks with her US and German counterparts before a G7 foreign ministers meeting in Liverpool yesterday, which included Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio.

With US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, she agreed there would be “serious consequences” for Moscow if troops were sent across the border.

A spokesman for the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office said Ms Truss and Mr Blinken “both agreed their support for Ukraine” and “expressed deep concern about the build-up of Russian troops on Ukraine’s border”.

“In addition, they said that any incursion by Russia would be a strategic mistake for which there would be serious consequences,” he said.