Csaba Dömötör, an MEP of ruling Fidesz, told Hungarian journalists in Brussels on Tuesday that MEPs of the opposition Tisza Party have voted for a proposed European water strategy, adding that the strategy went against Hungarian farmers' interests.

Dömötör said the Hungarian government has decided to continue last year's system under which farmers can use water from state-run providers to water their crops free of charge.

"But Tisza is against that measure," the MEP said, adding that the European proposal "is firmly against those countries where the full [service] cost is not reflected in the prices... This clearly concerns Hungary; if it is up to the Socialists and the European People's Party, there will be no irrigation at reduced prices."

Dömötör insisted that all MEPs of Tisza had voted for the European proposal. Tisza leader Peter Magyar "also voted for it; he cannot deny it. All their names are in the minutes of the May 7 meeting," he said.