Despite War Raging in Ukraine, Hungary Puts Own Interests First

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban holds an international news conference in Budapest, Hungary, January 9, 2020. REUTERS/Tamas Kaszas

As countries around the world take sides in Russia’s war against Ukraine, one NATO country is raising eyebrows for its refusal to go all in to help its European neighbor.

This month Christian conservative Viktor Orban easily won a third consecutive term as prime minister of Hungary despite a vast political coalition formed against him at home, criticism of his conservative policies by the EU, and public scoldings by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy that he wasn’t doing enough to help Ukraine repel Russia.

“This victory will also be remembered for the rest of our lives, perhaps, because we had to fight the biggest overwhelming force: the left at home, the international left all around, the Brussels bureaucrats, the [George] Soros empire with all its money, the international mainstream media, and in the end even the Ukrainian president.”