European far-right leaders are rallying around Hungary’s Viktor Orbán as his grip on power looks shakier than it has in years. On Monday, the leaders of more than a dozen parties met in Budapest with Orbán’s Patriots for Europe group. Each urged Hungarians to vote for the long-serving leader in April 12 elections.
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This one welcomed her.Cambio de rumbo de Trump sobre el estrecho de Ormuz plantea dudas sobre preparación bélica de EEUUHungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, third from left, stands with, from left; Geert Wilders of the Netherlands, France’s Marine Le Pen, Italy’s Matteo Salvini, Belgium’s Tom Van Grieken and Latvia’s Ainārs Šlesers during an assembly of European far-right parties with Orbán’s Patriots for Europe group, in Budapest, Hungary, Monday, March 23, 2026. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán speaks during an assembly of European far-right parties with Orbán’s Patriots for Europe group, in Budapest, Hungary, Monday, March 23, 2026. France’s Marine Le Pen waves after speaking at an assembly of European far-right parties with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán Patriots for Europe group, in Budapest, Hungary, Monday, March 23, 2026. Geert Wilders of the Netherlands speaks during an assembly of European far-right parties with Orbán’s Patriots for Europe group, in Budapest, Hungary, Monday, March 23, 2026. Italy’s Matteo Salvini speaks at an assembly of European far-right parties with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán Patriots for Europe group, in Budapest, Hungary, Monday, March 23, 2026. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, third from left, stands with, from left; Geert Wilders of the Netherlands, France’s Marine Le Pen, Italy’s Matteo Salvini, Belgium’s Tom Van Grieken and Latvia’s Ainārs Šlesers during an assembly of European far-right parties with Orbán’s Patriots for Europe group, in Budapest, Hungary, Monday, March 23, 2026. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, third from left, stands with, from left; Geert Wilders of the Netherlands, France’s Marine Le Pen, Italy’s Matteo Salvini, Belgium’s Tom Van Grieken and Latvia’s Ainārs Šlesers during an assembly of European far-right parties with Orbán’s Patriots for Europe group, in Budapest, Hungary, Monday, March 23, 2026. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán speaks during an assembly of European far-right parties with Orbán’s Patriots for Europe group, in Budapest, Hungary, Monday, March 23, 2026. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán speaks during an assembly of European far-right parties with Orbán’s Patriots for Europe group, in Budapest, Hungary, Monday, March 23, 2026. France’s Marine Le Pen waves after speaking at an assembly of European far-right parties with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán Patriots for Europe group, in Budapest, Hungary, Monday, March 23, 2026. France’s Marine Le Pen waves after speaking at an assembly of European far-right parties with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán Patriots for Europe group, in Budapest, Hungary, Monday, March 23, 2026. Geert Wilders of the Netherlands speaks during an assembly of European far-right parties with Orbán’s Patriots for Europe group, in Budapest, Hungary, Monday, March 23, 2026. Geert Wilders of the Netherlands speaks during an assembly of European far-right parties with Orbán’s Patriots for Europe group, in Budapest, Hungary, Monday, March 23, 2026. Italy’s Matteo Salvini speaks at an assembly of European far-right parties with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán Patriots for Europe group, in Budapest, Hungary, Monday, March 23, 2026. Italy’s Matteo Salvini speaks at an assembly of European far-right parties with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán Patriots for Europe group, in Budapest, Hungary, Monday, March 23, 2026. BUDAPEST, Hungary — The leaders of over a dozen European far-right parties gathered in Hungary’s capital on Monday in a show of support for Prime Minister, a nationalist figure beloved by U.S. and European conservatives whose performance in a pivotal election in April could set the tone for the movement’s future. Orbán, who retook power in Hungary in 2010, has long been seen as a key figure in the global far right, well before U.S. President Donald Trump entered the 2016 presidential race., most surveys show Orbán is lagging behind a center-right challenger — a sign that his 16-year reign, and his influence over the conservative movement, could be drawing to a close. Kim Lane Scheppele, a professor of sociology and international affairs at Princeton University, said that while Orbán has both “gained a huge amount of power in Europe” and become a darling of Trump’s MAGA movement, he has a lot at stake in the upcoming election. “Hungary is this kind of proof of concept that the MAGA kind of politics can work,” Scheppele said. “If Orbán loses, then it loses some of that luster.”It is the third-largest group within the European Parliament. Its member parties, from 13 EU countries, share a strong opposition to immigration, a preference for national sovereignty over European integration, and adherence to conservative social values.of the Netherlands. One by one, each of the 13 speakers took the stage to praise Orbán and urge Hungarians to vote for him and his Fidesz party at the April 12 election.that found her guilty of misusing European Parliament funds, said Orbán had stood strong on issues like “immigration, identity and sovereignty.” She said Hungary had become “an emblem of the resistance of a proud and sovereign people to oppression.” “On April 12, you will send a new message of strength and determination to tired old technocrats in Brussels,” she told the crowd. The Patriots group has curried favor with Trump and his MAGA movement, and have rallied under the slogan “Make Europe Great Again.” Orbán has long predicted a far-right nationalist takeover in Europe, and portrayed the Patriots as the vehicle for achieving that aim. At the assembly in Budapest, Orbán said the Patriots “are talking openly about wanting to take control of the European Union. We want to occupy and transform the center of Brussels.” Scheppele, the Princeton professor, said Orbán has been key to some of the European far-right’s success since he’s been able to use the power of the Hungarian state and its financial resources to support their aims. “Hungary has been really important because it’s been governed for 16 years by somebody trying to build this movement, and that means that it’s kind of a safe haven,” she said.Orbán has expanded his influence beyond Europe’s borders. He and Trump have long been mutual fans, and have exchanged a steady stream of public compliments and backing for one another’s political campaigns. In one sign of Orbán’s continued sway among U.S. conservatives, Budapest on Saturday hosted the fifth Hungarian iteration of the Conservative Political Action Conference . There, Orbán said the West was undergoing “the greatest political realignment of the past hundred years.” “The epicenter of this realignment, its center of power, is the United States, and its forward base in Europe is Hungary,” he said. In a video message to CPAC, Trump endorsed Orbán’s run for reelection, and praised his defense of “your borders, your culture, your heritage, your sovereignty, and your values.” There have been striking parallels between what Orbán accomplished in Hungary and what Trump’s supporters hoped the president’s second term could usher in the United States, Scheppele said. “A lot of the inspiration for the way that MAGA launched itself and developed a kind of political program to consolidate power very quickly was modeled on Orbán,” she said. “These are really interlocking networks and I think that the election therefore looms very large in the MAGA political imagination.” As the Hungarian election approaches and the U.S. president risks losing one of his most public and stalwart international fans, Trump himself is reeling from falling poll numbers amid the
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