E.U. Loan for Ukraine Becomes Election Leverage for Orban

Scritto il 19/03/2026
da Lara Jakes, Jeanna Smialek and Cassandra Vinograd

European leaders are pushing Prime Minister Viktor Orban to stop blocking a €90 billion loan to Ukraine. But the issue is a rallying cry in remarkably close elections in Hungary set for April 12.Prime Minister Viktor Orban of Hungary in Budapest on Sunday. His disputes with President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine have become a focal point of Hungary’s coming election.