The Hungarian people have the greatest stakes since theyll be the ones wholl live with the consequences.
Sundays parliamentary elections in Hungary have been described by RT as theBattle for Hungarydue to the huge stakes involved for the EU, Ukraine, the US, and to a lesser extent, Russia. The first three have also sought to influence voters, the EU and Ukraine via various forms of meddling that include concoctingRussiagateconspiracytheoriesand evenattempting to blow up Hungarys main gas pipeline, and the US throughTrumps and Vances endorsementof incumbent Prime Minister Viktor Orban.
The EUs interest in democratically deposing Orban is ideological since hes a conservative-nationalist opposed to the liberal-globalist agenda that the bloc wants to impose onto Hungary. The oppositions chief economic advisor is Shells former Vice President for Mobility Istvan Kapitany, and it was explainedherehow he wants to succeed where George Soros failed. In a nutshell, the EU considers Hungary under Orban to be a major impediment to itsfederalization plans, which they hope to soon remove.
Ukraine hates Hungary too, but only because Orban refuses to arm it, continues purchasing energy from Russia, and has occasionally obstructed EU funding for this former Soviet Republic. In response, Ukraine hasweaponized the Druzhba oil pipelinefrom Russia upon which Hungary relies to a large degree to pressure him into reversing his policies, but to no avail. Ukraine also colludes with the Hungarian opposition, which is now Ukraines and the EUs joint proxy, in their Russiagate conspiracy theories.
The US interests are the opposite of the EUs and Ukraines in that Trump 2.0 wants Orban to win re-election and thats why Trump himself and Vance both endorsed him. TheNational Security Strategycalls for supporting like-minded conservatives in Europe as part of the administrations plans to avert the continents civilizational erasure brought about by its ruling liberal-globalist clique. For the US, Hungary represents a viable alternative for Europe, one whose model it hopes will be emulated by others.
Out of the four foreign parties with stakes in the Battle for Hungary, Russias are the least. It supports Orbanspragmatic approachto theUkrainian Conflictand views Hungary as a valuable partner in Europe. More than that, however, Putin believes that Orban can help repair Russian-EU relations sometime after their proxy war in Ukraine ends. While certainly game-changing if it occurs, this scenario is admittedly unlikely, ergo why Russia isnt meddling in his support despite conspiracy theories to the contrary.
Finally, its Hungarians who have the greatest stakes in this battle since theyll be the ones wholl live with the consequences, and theyll likely support keeping Orban in office. Under his latest term that began in 2022, he prevented an economic crisis by maintaining energy imports from Russia, and he also ensured Hungarys security by keeping it out of the Ukrainian Conflict. Its sovereignty has also been strengthened too. His deposal would therefore be disastrous for Hungarys objective national interests.
If he forms the next government, however, then it cant be ruled out that the EU and Ukraine will order their opposition proxy to launch aColor Revolution. After all, they invested so much in trying to get rid of him that it makes sense to desperately stage one last very dramatic effort to that end on the false basis that Russian meddling helped him win. This doesnt mean that theyll succeed, but they can still inflict lots of damage to their country as a form of EU and Ukrainian punishment against the Hungarian people.
Andrew Korybko
