JD Vance due in Budapest to back Viktor Orbán’s election campaign – Europe live
The US vice-president and Hungary’s prime minister will hold a joint press conference later today The US vice-president JD Vance is en route to Budapest this morning, where he is expected to support the embattled prime minister Viktor Orbán in the final days of the campaign before this weekend’s crucial parliamentary election in Hungary. Departing from Joint Base Andrews last night, JD Vance said he was looking forward to meeting his “friend Viktor,” and said that the pair would discuss not just
Hungary’s opposition leader Péter Magyar responds to JD Vance’s visit by saying ‘no foreign country may interfere in Hungarian elections’
JD Vance’s Air Force Two is now on approach to Budapest.
Several traffic restrictions and disruptions are expected across the capital as it steps up security to host the US vice-president.
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