"He really wanted Trump's victory, he fought for it, he stood by it, and it finally paid off, he can trust in a better future," writes the left-wing HVG, but the Brussels-based Politico is also afraid of the growing influence of right-wing parties and Viktor Orbán. It is no longer surprising that Viktor Orbán's new role is already being talked about in China.
"Orbán's room for maneuver in foreign policy has increased, but the domestic policy lesson may still worry him," HVG writes in its article . It seems that even the opposition portal is forced to admit - as they put it - that
„Viktor Orbán can start from the first place when he will have to deal with the returning president Donald Trump".
The paper also contacted Sámuel Ágoston Mráz, director of the Nézőpont Institute, who told the portal that "Orbán's victory is the biggest in Europe, Trump won an adviser with her." According to the analyst, Orbán will be able to help Trump understand how Europe works, while Orbán has won an ally back with him - whether it's about the economy, migration, gender, or the Russian-Ukrainian war.
Mráz Ágoston Sámuel also told the portal: he believes
"Trump needs Viktor Orbán, and Viktor Orbán needs Trump".
According to Mráz, the Hungarian Prime Minister will not be alone, as all political leaders will try to build a relationship with Trump, "but Viktor Orbán starts with a much greater advantage, he understands and respects Trump's thinking, and can tell Trump how decision-making works in the European In the Union, therefore, it can also be of help in establishing this system of relations," he explains to HVG.
David Cornstein: This balancing act is particularly valuable
David Cornstein , the former ambassador of the United States in Budapest
Trump and Orbán are "sincere friends" and use this friendship to fight together against the "corrupt establishment" embodied by representatives of globalist and liberal values in the Western world.
The Trump-Orbán alliance offers Hungary unique opportunities: thanks to the country's strategic position and pragmatic foreign policy, it has the opportunity to maintain direct and stable relations with each of the three largest global powers.
All of this enables Hungary to represent its own interests on the international stage, while balancing its political scope among the world's most important powers.
As the relationship between Trump and Orbán moves to a new level, Hungary's pragmatic foreign policy direction is increasingly becoming the focus of international attention.
Politico: After Trump's victory, Viktor Orbán and his allies continue to gain strength in Europe
Donald Trump's allies in Europe are confident that the newly elected president will quickly end the war in Ukraine and thereby strengthen their position in the EU. The Brussels news portal Politico writes about this.
They write that lately Orbán and more and more of his European allies believe that Trump's victory will help those countries that want to fight against the current leadership of the EU and want to take back power from the bureaucrats in Brussels, Magyar Nation.
Angela Merkel's successors, including German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, are currently in crisis, and the traditional engines of the EU, France and Germany, have slowed.
In complete isolation: Viktor Orbán's new role is already being talked about in China
According to one Chinese newspaper, the bloc's right-wing politicians may be given a leading role in the European Union, especially those who maintain a good relationship with Donald Trump, such as Viktor Orbán, the Mandiner observed.
While the alleged isolation of Viktor Orbán has long been a popular topic in the left-wing press, after the victory of Donald Trump, half the world is talking about
Hungary has a new shelf in geopolitics.
The South China Morning Post, for example, writes that
in the European Union, the bloc's right-wing politicians may be given a leading role, especially those who have a good relationship with Donald Trump, such as Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.
The article notes that the prime minister managed to balance on a razor's edge: while he became the favorite of the old and new American president and his supporters, in Europe he was able to stand up most decisively in favor of maintaining relations with China.
Front page photo: In the photo published by the Prime Minister's Press Office, the meeting between Prime Minister Viktor Orbán (b) and Donald Trump at the Florida residence of the former US president and Republican presidential candidate in Mar-a-Lago on July 11, 2024.
MTI/Prime Minister's Press Office/Zoltán Fischer
