Hungary's upcoming election has significant implications for the European Union. Many hope for the defeat of nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, who is seen as a threat to the EU's future.

Hungary’s parliamentary election on April 12 is the most important election in Europe for a long time. It will have direct and fairly immediate consequences for Ukraine’s defences, for the ability of Russia and China to wield influence in Europe and for the effective functioning of the EU itself.

But Iványi, a 74-year-old Methodist pastor who has known Orbán since the 1980s, doesn’t buy into the prime minister’s blend of Christianity and nationalism, which he says “has nothing to do with the Bible, with the essence of the Bible.”

A group of friends in their mid-20s campaigned door to door last week in a small Hungarian city, supporting a political movement that soon could end Prime Minister Viktor Orbán ‘s 16-year grip on power.

U.S. Vice President JD Vance is scheduled to head to Hungary and meet with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán as the foreign leader runs for re-election.

Hungarian opposition leader Péter Magyar says an upcoming election against pro-Russian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is a “referendum” on Hungary’s future.

The Hungarian government allegedly intervened on behalf of Moscow to have the sister of a Russian oligarch removed from the European Union’s sanctions list, according to a joint investigation from a consortium of journalists.

Hungary’s election could mark a democratic turning point—or trigger a crisis: concession, gray zone tactics, or outright contestation. This analysis outlines four scenarios and the stakes for Hungary and Europe.

Viktor Orbán has led Hungary since 2010, and has remade its political institutions. But elections this month pose a major challenge