Hungarian PM Orbán, an icon for the global right, faces his toughest election bid since returning to power in 2010.
A poster depicting Russian President Vladimir Putin and Hungry Prime Minister Viktor Orbánime minister, during a Fidesz party freedom march in Budapest, Hungary, on Tuesday, March 15, 2022.
With support for neighboring Ukraine running high, Orbán's close ties with Vladimir Putin and spoiler role inside the trans-Atlantic alliance have come under new scrutiny in the final stretch of the campaign.Orbán has walked a tightrope by accepting EU sanctions on Russia and welcoming more than 360,000 refugees, but refusing to allow weapons to be transported across Hungarian territory and ruling out sanctions on Russian energy.
"Our moral responsibility is not for Ukraine. I don't have to face the Lord for Ukrainians, but for Hungarians. I must consider the Hungarian interest," Orbán said in response to criticism.Hungary even from its right-wing allies in central and eastern Europe.A meeting of the Central European "Visegrad Group"What they're saying:
"I think one of the main questions for this Sunday will be to what extent the Hungarian population understands how isolated Orbán has become," Dávid Korányi, a former Hungarian national security adviser who now leads Action for Democracy, tells Axios.
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