Former President Trump touted his foreign policy credentials during Tuesday night’s presidential debate, name-checking the strong relationships he built with leaders of rival nations and allies alike during his term, most notably Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, the “strongman” of Europe. “He’s a tough person, smart prime minister of Hungary,” Trump said, adding that Orban...
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EU turns up pressure on Hungary's Orban over his 'peace mission' to Russia, China
Hungary won’t be allowed to host a strategic EU meeting next month because of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s self-proclaimed “peace mission” trips to Moscow and Beijing this month aimed at brokering an end to the war in Ukraine, which EU partners overwhelmingly saw as undermining their support for Kyiv. “We have to send a signal,...
Populists shut out of European political systems that favor establishment parties
LONDON – Voters abandoned mainstream center-right parties for the populist right in the U.K. and French elections this month but failed to convert support to electoral gains amid a right-wing vote split and tactical voting by the left. Britain’s Labour Party, led by Keir Starmer, won a landslide election victory, scoring 412 seats in the...
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen makes final bid for second term before vote
Ursula von der Leyen pledged to be a strong leader for Europe in a time of crisis and polarization as she made her final leadership pitch in a speech to lawmakers at the European Parliament ahead of a vote Thursday afternoon on whether to grant her a second five-year term as president of the European...
European leaders downplay Orban's praise of Trump as they defend Biden's gaffes: 'slips of the tongue'
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban appeared to endorse Donald Trump and raised doubts about President Biden’s fitness to run for a second term in a move that has continued to upset leaders across Europe. “We continued the peace mission in Mar-a-Lago,” Orban wrote on his official social media account on X. “President @realDonaldTrump has proved...
Hungary's Orban ditches NATO summit to meet with Donald Trump
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban departed the NATO summit in Washington, D.C., on Thursday to meet with former President Trump in Florida, a source familiar with the meeting told Fox News Digital. The New York Times first broke the story, citing a Trump campaign official and a person close to the former president. The report...





