Faced with the very real prospect of defeat in Sunday’s parliamentary elections, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has built his campaign around cheap and secure energy and outspoken opposition to EU support for Ukraine. An alleged plot to blow up a pipeline bringing Russian gas into Hungary – dismissed by Orban’s opponents as a “false flag” – seems almost tailor-made to give his campaign a last-minute boost.
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Why Viktor Orban wants energy prices at the heart of Hungary’s elections
France 24
April 07, 2026
16:32 GMT
Faced with the very real prospect of defeat in Sunday’s parliamentary elections, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has built his campaign around cheap and secure energy and outspoken opposition to EU support for Ukraine. An alleged plot to blow up a pipeline bringing Russian gas into Hungary – dismissed by Orban’s opponents as a “false flag” – seems almost tailor-made to give his campaign a last-minute boost.
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Faced with the very real prospect of defeat in Sunday’s parliamentary elections, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has built his campaign around cheap and secure energy and outspoken opposition to EU support for Ukraine. An alleged plot to blow up a pipeline bringing Russian gas into Hungary – dismissed by Orban’s opponents as a “false flag” – seems almost tailor-made to give his campaign a last-minute boost.
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