Shona Murray: EU faced with Russian trojan horse if Orbán gets re-elected

It’s been long accepted that Orban has been working alongside Russia since Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Orbán has consistently cosied up to Putin and insulted Ukrainian president Zelenskyy

Viktor Orbán has spent 16 years chipping away at his country’s democracy. He told us his plans out loud as far back as 2012. He said he would turn Hungary into an ‘illiberal state’.  File Picture: Alex Brandon/AP

Sunday’s election in Hungary is one of the most significant this year.

If Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán is re-elected, the EU will have a bone fide Russian trojan horse at the decision-making table in Brussels.