Vance Backs Orban in Hungary Election

0:00It's April 7th. From every corner of the globe, this is Global News Today, powered by AI. I'm Cory with the story. U.S. Vice President JD Vance heads to Hungary this week to rally behind Prime Minister Victor Orban ahead of a tight parliamentary election on April 12th. Vance will speak at a big football stadium event in Budapest with Orban on Tuesday afternoon, showing strong backing from the Trump team as Orban faces his biggest test in nearly 40 years of politics. Orban's main rival is Peter Magyar, a former insider who split from Orban's Fidesz party two years back to launch the center-right teaser party. Poles show Tissa ahead by 10 to 20 points in most surveys, though one pro-government poll has Fidesz barely in front. Trump gave Orban his full support last month via video at a conservative conference in Budapest. There bond dates back to 2016 when Orban was the only EU leader to endorse Trump early on. Orban pushed hard for Trump's 2024 win and scored a personal deal for Hungary to

1:03dodge U.S. sanctions on Russian oil firms. Hungary relies big on Russian fuel through pipelines, but supplies are shaky now with no oil flowing via Ukraine since late January and a recent. Explosive scare near the gas line from Serbia. Orban figures like Magyar, accused Orban of staging that incident, with Serbia's leader to fire up voters, while leaked calls between Hungary's. Foreign minister and Russian officials have hurt his image. Orban's campaign hammers anti-Ukrain themes amid these scandals, hoping Vance's star power sways undecided folks. With energy woes mounting and poles tilting against him, Orban's counting on this international flex to hold power and keep Hungary's ties tied with, the U.S. in a shifting Europe.