The house that Viktor built
The Hungarian prime minister, Viktor Orban, has won a fourth consecutive term. But how dangerous is the war in Ukraine for him and for Hungary?
The Hungarian prime minister, Viktor Orban, has won a fourth consecutive term. The election took place against the background of a war on Hungary鈥檚 border, following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February.
Mr Orban is proud of the personal relationship he has established with Vladimir Putin, and proud of what he calls the 鈥淗ungarian Model鈥�, whereby Hungary has membership of Nato and the EU on the one hand and strong political and economic relations with Russia on the other. Russia, for example, fulfils the vast majority of Hungary鈥檚 gas needs.
Nick Thorpe, who has lived in Hungary since the 1980s, asks how the edifice that Mr Orban has carefully constructed over the last 12 years is now threatened by the war in Ukraine.
(Photo: PM Viktor Orban at a press conference March 2022. Credit: Tim Mansel/大象传媒)
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