Viktor Orban

The result for us is heartbreaking, but it's clear the role of governing was not given to us.

I have congratulated the winning party.

The result for us is heartbreaking, but it's clear the role of governing was not given to us.

I have congratulated the winning party.

And we have to prevail against them too.

That is our reality.

The whole idea is a stupid one, to take away the money of somebody.

There are two countries which are in war, yeah?

It's not European Union, Russia and Ukraine.

And somebody, European Union, would like to take away the money of one of the warring parties and then to give it to another one.

It's a marching into the war.

So the Belgian prime minister is right.

We should not do that.

Orban, who is close to both Trump and Putin, has proposed hosting a summit in Budapest.

He also plans to discuss an exemption from U.S.

sanctions against Russian energy.

Hungary relies on Russian crude oil, and Orban says without it, his country's economy would be in trouble.

Another priority for Orban is to persuade Trump to visit Hungary as Orban faces an unprecedented challenge to his power in

from a new opposition leader ahead of Hungary's parliamentary elections next April.

Orban believes a visit by Trump could energize the strongman leader's conservative base.