Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has recently made an appearance on the Polish TV channel wPolsce24, where he talked about the adversarial relationship between him and his Polish counterpart Donald Tusk, the election victory of President Karol Nawrocki earlier this year, and a potential ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán appeared as the first guest of a new political podcast, sharing insights on digital activism, the youth vote, internal polling, the EU, and migration, declaring the internet a battleground that must not be surrendered.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, in his annual address at the Bálványos Summer Free University, known as Tusványos, warned of the growing threat of a potential world war. He also outlined Hungary’s neutrality doctrine, comprising five key pillars aimed at keeping the country out of armed conflict.
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán described the Tusnádfürdő event as a welcome political escape and announced he would unveil key elements of Hungary’s long-term strategy, while also expressing sharp opposition to Ukraine’s EU membership and criticizing Brussels.
At Tusványos 2025, global thinkers from all around the world, from Lebanon, the UK, and Hungary, discussed the decline of liberalism and rise of post-liberal democracy. Speakers like Balázs Orbán, Lord Frost, and Philip Pilkington argued that Western liberalism failed to deliver its promises, while others stressed the need to protect traditional values.
The war in Ukraine is tragic—but it is not Hungary’s war. That was the central message of Balázs Orbán’s interview on CNN, where he criticized the EU for sacrificing stability in pursuit of what he described as an unwinnable proxy. He warned against deeper entanglement in a war that risks becoming Europe’s own—particularly if Ukraine is prematurely admitted into the EU.
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán called Ukraine’s potential EU membership an irreversible burden, comparing it to migration, and criticized Brussels for redirecting EU funds without clear strategy—especially away from farmers and toward Kyiv.
At an oversight hearing on misuse of federal funds in the US House of Representatives, Republican Congressman Brandon Gill of Texas asked why the Biden administration used American taxpayer dollars to fund the opposition against the democratically elected Prime Minister Orbán in Hungary.
Ursula von der Leyen reaffirmed strong EU support for Ukraine’s war effort and reconstruction, prompting criticism from Hungary’s political director, who accused Hungarian opposition parties of backing foreign interests over national ones.
Viktor Orbán has delivered a sharp jab at European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, posting the infamous ‘Time to go’ meme ahead of her no confidence vote. The image mirrors one the EPP once used against Orbán himself.