A hero to the MAGA world and Europe’s nationalists, Hungary’s prime minister faces the toughest electoral challenge of his 16 years in power.
Opposition supporters hang Tisza campaign posters in the village of Vértesacsa, near Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s birthplace of Székesfehérvár.
Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban has spent the past 16 years perfecting what he calls an “illiberal laboratory” in the European Union member state, holding it up as an election-proof model for nationalist allies such as US President Donald Trump.
Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban has spent the past 16 years perfecting what he calls an “illiberal laboratory” in the European Union member state, holding it up as an election-proof model for nationalist allies such as US President Donald Trump.
Viktor Orban, Hungary's prime minister, during a rally ahead of a general election in Budapest, Hungary, on Sunday, March 15, 2026. Dueling rallies laid bare the division gripping Hungary, with Orban using Ukraine as the bogeyman in the campaign and Peter Magyar vowing to return Hungary to the European Union mainstream. Photographer: Akos Stiller/Bloomberg
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