Support for Weidel, Trump, Vance and Milei before the Hungarian election

Orbán fears re-election

Vance should come to Hungary

Things are not looking good for Viktor Orbán ahead of the Hungarian parliamentary elections. Now he is getting the support of other right-wing politicians.

Numerous prominent right-wing politicians met again in Hungary. They assured Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán of their support. There will be elections in Hungary on April 12th. After 16 years in power, Orbán is currently well behind in the polls.

The right-wing networking meeting took place as part of the CPAC Hungary conference, a Hungarian offshoot of the US Conservative Political Action Conference, where conservative and right-wing populist actors network. The Hungarian event was launched in 2022 to deepen contacts with US Republicans.

Although high-ranking US politicians were not there, the US government still assured Orbán of its support. President Donald Trump spoke via video message and said of the Hungarian Prime Minister: “You have to understand that he always wins, that’s a common trait we all have, we all want to win. Fairly, on equal terms – but decisively.”

In addition, US Vice President JD Vance is scheduled to come to Hungary at the beginning of April to support Orbán in the final election campaign phase. Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó emphasized this.

However, numerous European party leaders were on site at the event on Saturday. In addition to AfD co-leader Alice Weidel, the Austrian FPÖ man Herbert Kickl and Santiago Abascal, the chairman of the Spanish Vox, also made appearances.

Georgian Prime Minister Iraqi Kobakhidze gave the opening speech. The politician from the pro-Russian Georgian Dream party has been in power since 2024. He represented the actual opening speaker Andrej Babiš. The Czech Prime Minister decided not to travel to Hungary because of an arson attack on a Czech weapons factory that produces drones for Ukraine. Argentine President Javier Milei also gave a speech.

The focus of the event was Orbán’s appearance. He emphasized that Trump’s election victory had made the world a better place. “Gender and woke have receded, Christianity can be embraced with pride, progressive censorship is over.” According to Viktor Orbán, a massive right-wing realignment is currently taking place internationally, “whose epicenter is the United States, and Hungary is the outpost of Europe.”