Viktor Orbán, once Hungarian democracy’s greatest champion, is now its greatest enemy, while Republicans in America cheer on his authoritarian regime. What happened, and why does the right love him?

Hungary remains steadfast for peace, the prime minister said following the EU summit. Viktor Orban announced that he would block the Ukraine aid package, a move which could save all of Europe by preventing the continuation of the war. And for this, the entire EU is furious.

His position has given the former Warsaw Pact nation — which has a population only slightly larger than New Jersey — an outsized role in European diplomacy.

Hungary and the United States will agree on an economic cooperation package that could balance out the effect of possible U.S. tariffs

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said he would meet French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday, one day before an EU summit aimed at cementing joint action on support for Ukraine where Orban has threatened to take an opposing position.

According to the Il Libero Quotidiano newspaper, Orban Viktor's announcement that he initiated a consultative vote in his country could be a political time bomb for Brussels and the future of the European Union. The paper emphasizes that Hungary's prime minister was the only one who opposed the rearmament initiated by Ursula von der Leyen.

Hungary's prime minister has urged the European Union to start direct discussions with Russia on a ceasefire in Ukraine and drop plans for a joint declaration at an extraordinary EU summit next week,