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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Jessie Williams

Why JD Vance is helping right wing populist Viktor Orbán’s failing election campaign in Hungary

US vice president JD Vance is in Budapest in a last minute attempt to boost the campaign of Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán, a key European ally of the Trump administration, ahead of Sunday’s parliamentary elections.

Orbán’s Fidesz political party is lagging in the polls, with the opposition Tisza party – led by Péter Magyar, a former Fidesz insider – well ahead at 58% to Orbán’s 35%.

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