A Crucial 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 Kyiv. But the issue is a rallying cry in 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.