Katja Adler
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first heard Dec 2024
last heard 10 Apr
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Hungary's tiny, right?
You've got fewer people who live there than in Belgium, where I am at the moment.
Hungary's GDP is a bit less, or around 1% of the EU's total GDP, but it really is being watched internationally.
I think a lot of the focus right now is because of the times that we're living in.
I mean, there's a concern amongst so many that we're seeing a backsliding in democracy internationally, that
multilateral organisations, you know, where countries work together, that they're being eroded, that we're living in times where might is seen as right.
And who are the two key international backers of Viktor Orban?
Well, he infamously called illiberal democracy at home and backing him is Donald Trump.
He's endorsed him many times.
J.D.
Vance, despite the war in Iran, was just in Budapest to support Viktor Orban ahead of the election.
He's seen as a figurehead of the Christian national right.
But he's also been really useful over the years, his 16 years as prime minister to Vladimir Putin.
He's delayed EU sanction packages against Moscow most recently since the full scale invasion of Ukraine.
He's currently blocking a 90 billion euro loan from the EU to Ukraine.
which Kiev said it needs to survive.
So, I mean, here in Brussels and, I mean, in a lot of European capitals, they won't say it directly.
They're not unhappy that Viktor Orban is tipped to lose.
He's seen as an obstructor in Brussels, not just on Ukraine, but also on migration and more.
And there has been continuous concern about the backsliding of the rule of law, the independence of the judiciary, media freedom, LGBTQ plus and women's rights at home.
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