Hungary's five-time Prime Minister Orbán is facing a new serious...

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

55% : "Hungary really needs the frozen funds, but the EU also needs a more constructive Hungary.
53% : He has also criticized imposing sanctions on Moscow and threatened to veto EU financial assistance to Kyiv while ramping up energy deals at a time when most EU countries have sought to limit the use of Russian fossil fuel.
43% : Two years ago, around 2 million Hungarians pinned their hopes for change on a coalition of six opposition parties that had put aside political differences to form a united front against Fidesz in national elections.
42% : But Magyar said he and his party would "put an end to these completely unnecessary rule of law debates" with the EU, and pointed to the bloc recently releasing frozen funds to Poland only months after the pro-EU Prime Minister Donald Tusk took over from the previous right-wing government.
38% : The long-standing prime minister has maintained his relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin even after Moscow launched its military operation against Ukraine in 2022, and accused the United States and the EU of being "pro-war," and his domestic opponents, including Magyar, of planning to involve Hungarian soldiers directly in the conflict.
23% : Hungary under Orbán has been locked in a protracted struggle with the EU, which has accused him of flouting rule-of-law and democracy standards and failing to crack down on corruption that misuses EU funds.

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