The vice-president visited the European country to lend his support to the right-wing prime minister in this Sunday's elections.
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The Vice President of the United States, JD Vance, accused European Union bureaucrats of interfering against the Hungarian Prime Minister, Viktor Orbán, in an attempt to overthrow Trump's ally in Budapest during the parliamentary elections to be held this week.
Vance held a press conference from the Hungarian capital a few days before voters go to the polls to choose the next parliament to elect the next prime minister. The vice president stated that he was not there to tell citizens who to vote for, but simply to show his support for Orbán, whom he described as the “rare exception” among Europe's leaders willing to defend Western and Christian civilization
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For defending such values, Orbán has faced the ire of the leadership of the European Union. Thus, Brussels has imposed extortive financial sanctions on Hungary for its internal policies, such as the restriction of LGBTQ+ content on children's television programs and the refusal to receive illegal immigrants seeking asylum.
Orbán's refusal to enter the war for Ukraine has also sparked Brussels's fury as the right-wing leader has spoken out in favor of a peace agreement instead of continuing with military funding for Kiev. The Prime Minister and his allies have also complained that their peace messages have been suppressed on Facebook in favor of his opponent, Péter Magyar
. Elections in Hungary: JD Vance denounced EU 'shameful interference' against Viktor Orbán in Budapest
Vance Vance's statements
referred to these electoral interference efforts and stated that "what has happened in this country, what has happened in the middle of this election campaign, is one of the worst examples of foreign and electoral interference I have ever seen
or even read about.”
“The Brussels bureaucrats have tried to destroy Hungary's economy. They have tried to make Hungary less energy independent. They have tried to raise costs for Hungarian consumers. And they have done everything because they hate this man,” said the vice president referring to Orbán
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In this regard, Vance urged Hungarian voters to ask themselves the following questions: “Who is in favor of you? Who is in favor of the people of Hungary? Why do Brussels bureaucrats tell social media companies what information they should give to Hungarian voters? I think that the voters in Hungary are adults. They are sovereign in their own country and should be able to consult any information they want about the elections without someone in a distant capital treating them like children.
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"Sovereignty and democracy are fundamentally about people choosing. And part of the reason we're here, and part of the reason the President of the United States sent me here, is because we believe that the amount of interference that has come from the bureaucracy in Brussels has been truly shameful. I will not tell the people of Hungary how to vote. I would encourage the Brussels bureaucrats to do exactly the same,” Vance said in relation to the expected elections
this Sunday. Elections in Hungary: JD Vance denounced EU 'shameful interference' against Viktor Orbán in Budapest
