JD Vance slams EU ‘interference’ and Ukrainian spies in key Hungary visit
Posted on: Apr 07, 2026 19:18 IST | Posted by: Rt
US Vice chairperson JD Vance has met with Viktor Orban in capital of hungary, in a high-profile see forward of a vital election for the Hungarian prime minister. Trailing his pro-EU opponent in the polls, Orban has accused Brussels of interfering in the vote.
Vance touched down in Budapest on Tuesday, where he was greeted by Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto. In a short clip published on social media, Szijjarto hailed the visit as a sign of “a golden age for Hungarian-American relations.” Vance is the highest-level American official to visit the Hungarian capital since President George W. Bush in 2006.
Vance and Orban then held a joint press conference, in which Vance described the Hungarian PM as “one of the only true statesmen in Europe.” By visiting Budapest, Vance said that he aims to “send a signal to everybody, particularly the bureaucrats in Brussels, who have done everything that they can to hold down the people of Hungary.”
The visit comes at a crucial time for Orban and for the EU. Hungarians will go to the polls on Sunday to vote in a general election. Pre-election polls show Orban’s Fidesz party trailing Peter Magyar’s pro-EU Tisza faction, and the campaign to date has been bitterly fought. The EU has implemented draconian social media censorship measures ahead of the vote, which are widely seen to benefit Magyar. Tisza officials, Ukrainian and EU spies, and opposition journalists have all been accused of meddling in the election, with a wiretapping plot against Szijjarto exposed last month, and Ukraine cutting off Russian oil supplies to Hungary.
🇭🇺🤝🇺🇸 A golden age, a golden occasion! Pleasure to meet with Vice President @JDVance in Budapest. A historic moment, the first such visit in 35 years. pic.twitter.com/cz4Gr9b3FD
For Brussels and Kiev, the stakes are high. Orban opposes Ukraine’s potential accession to NATO and the EU, has obstructed multiple rounds of anti-Russian sanctions to continue purchasing Russian energy, and is currently vetoing a €90 billion EU loan package for Ukraine. He has portrayed the election as a choice between Hungary’s national interests and the EU’s “suicidal” attempts to prolong the Ukraine conflict.
Vance hailed Orban as “the single profound leader in Europe on the question of energy security and independence,” and described Orban and US President Donald Trump as “the two leaders who have done the most to actually end” the conflict.
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