Lucy Hough

And the question of LGBT rights has been such a such a big one in Hungary, hasn't it?

With the banning of pride marches, the censorship of books in schools, but all part of this kind of broader Orban project.

Viktor Orban once said that he wanted Hungary to be a petri dish for illiberalism.

And so that's clamping down on the judiciary, press freedoms, the rights of LGBT people.

As you say, lots of questions, but notably Magyar has not been vocally supportive of things like LGBT rights, has he?

But has he suggested that he's going to try and undo or restore liberalism to any of these institutions?

We don't know how far.

So, I mean, it's all pretty embarrassing, I think, for the White House.

Donald Trump, he's long expressed his admiration, his close ties with Viktor Orban.

J.D.

Vance, the vice president, was in Budapest for two days last week endorsing Orban.

What does this tell us?

I mean, it seems in a way that that visit may have had the opposite impact of what it was intended to do.

No, you're very welcome.

That's it for today.

My huge thanks again to Ashifa Qasim, The Guardian's European Community Affairs correspondent.

You can keep up with her reporting as well as our live blog on this story over at theguardian.com.

And do listen to today's episode of our sister podcast, Politics Weekly, which is looking at the government's plans to align more closely with EU rules and Keir Starmer's decision not to support Donald Trump's blockade of the Strait of Hormuz.

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