Voters will head to the polls on Sunday to cast their ballots in Hungary’s general election—the results of which will have profound implications for the country, the European Union, and beyond.
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has led Hungary since 2010, but recent polling indicates that he is now at risk of losing power: most polls show that his ruling party, Fidesz, is trailing behind the opposition party, Tisza, by a significant margin.
Orbán, who has cast himself as a proponent of “illiberal democracy,” is an icon of the global far-right, and viewed by U.S. President Donald Trump as a MAGA ally—so much so that U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance joined Orbán in Budapest on Tuesday, in an effort to boost the Prime Minister’s flailing campaign just days before the general election. Vance said that Orbán was “wise and smart” and that his leadership “can provide a model to the Continent.”