US EditionTrump vows to boost Hungary economy if Orban wins vote
Trump said his administration is ready to use U.S. economic power to back Orbán, as polls showed the opposition leading by 30 points.
- On Friday, President Donald Trump pledged to use the "full Economic Might of the United States" to strengthen Hungary's economy if Prime Minister Viktor Orbán wins Sunday's parliamentary election.
- Orbán, who has governed for 16 years, faces an unprecedented electoral challenge from Peter Magyar, the conservative Tisza party leader, amid polling showing the economy is paramount for 20% of voters.
- Campaign intensity has surged, with 20,000 supporters attending Magyar's rally in Győr on Thursday, while around 2,000 gathered in Debrecen to hear Orbán warn followers not to "put everything at risk."
- Incumbent government officials allege foreign interference and an "organized attempt to use chaos," while opposition members have surfaced evidence of Russian meddling to support the current leadership.
- Voters head to the polls on Sunday to determine the country's direction, a pivotal vote that could end Orbán's long tenure or validate his alignment with Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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The Economist asked Magyar what would happen if the state leaders he had called for did not resign. The Tisza Party leader replied that they had set a goal of regime change, which included removing puppets. He said that a two-thirds mandate would give them the opportunity to transform government systems, but he said there was no need to fear it. “This country has been taken hostage,” he said, adding that yesterday the Hungarian people sent the e…
The new government of Péter Magyar has to reverse the anti-democratic reforms of the Viktor Orbán era and correct its anti-liberal drift if it wants European funds to flow back to Hungary, which Brussels keeps frozen by violations of the rule of law committed by the nationalist prime minister. The Community executive awaits the first actions of the new government of Tisza, the party that has ended the Orbán era, after 16 years in power with a st…
After 16 years Viktor Orban is no longer in power in Hungary. In Budapest the euphoria triggers – not only there.
The future prime minister also spoke about the fate of the EU loan and the end of the country's isolationism. Speaking at a rally of thousands of his supporters, Hungary's likely future prime minister, Péter Magyar, called for the country's president to resign. All "puppets" should go with him. This was reported by RBC-Ukraine, citing a live broadcast of Péter Magyar's rally. The leader of the Tisza party announced a U-turn in Hungary's foreign …
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