A week before elections, Hungary's Orban remains the EU's enfant terrible

Hungarian Prime Minister Victor Orban at a news conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, which he visited just three weeks before Russia's invasion of Ukraine. AP - Yuri Kochetkov

On 3 April, Hungary goes to the ballot box to elect 199 members of the National Assembly. The choice is between the Fidesz party of incumbent Prime Minister Victor Orban, whose populist policies have estranged him from Brussels, and a coalition of opposition parties led by Peter Marki-zay. Despite Orban's pro-Russian sentiments, he's leading in the polls – for now.

"Orban is betraying Europe, Orban is betraying NATO, Orban is betraying the United States," Marki-zay said in a recent interview.