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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Flora Garamvolgyi

Viktor Orbán’s political allies in Hungary in sights of US sanctions

Hungary’s prime minister, Viktor Orbán
The prime minister, Viktor Orbán, was a close ally of Donald Trump and Fidesz maintains strong links with hardline US conservatives. Photograph: Zoltan Fischer/Hungarian PM office/EPA

A bipartisan group in Congress is drafting US sanctions that would target leading Hungarian political figures tied to the Orbán government, as the relationship between the two countries continues to spiral downwards.

The sanctions bill would name former officials and government supporters, mostly affiliated with the Fidesz party of the prime minister, Viktor Orbán.

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