Hungarians' growing anger at living in EU's 'most corrupt state'

A billboard featuring Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban reading “Let’s get together against the war” stands beside a poster depicting Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky labelled “Hazard”, in Budapest on 27 March 2026, ahead of Hungary’s general election on 12 April. AFP - ATTILA KISBENEDEK

Vienna (AFP) – Hungarian leader Viktor Orban's officially declared wealth is fairly modest: some savings and a jointly owned villa in Budapest. But voters in what Transparency International deems the EU's most corrupt country believe otherwise.

They may make Orban pay in a general election on 12 April that could spell an end to his 16-year rule.