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00:14Untertitelung des ZDF für funk, 2017
00:30US Vice President J.D. Vance is due in Budapest today.
00:33Vance will attend a campaign rally and hold a joint press conference with Prime Minister
00:38Viktor Orban. We'll be bringing you the latest from our reporter on the ground.
00:42Meanwhile, Viktor Orban has held emergency talks after explosives were reportedly found
00:47near a pipeline carrying Russian gas to Hungary. The development comes as his party trails behind
00:53in opinion polls ahead of this weekend's vote. But first, EU Council President Antonio Costa
00:59has said targeting civilian infrastructure would be illegal and unacceptable. His comments follow
01:05escalating tensions after US President Donald Trump threatened strikes on Iranian infrastructure
01:10if the Strait of Hormuz is not reopened. Speaking on Truth Social, Donald Trump used
01:15foul language saying Tuesday will be Power Plant Day and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one in Iran.
01:22There'll be nothing like it. Open the Strait or you'll be living in hell.
01:28For the latest, we can now cross over to Doha, where your news correspondent Adel Khaleem is
01:32standing by for us this morning. Good morning, Adel. Thanks so much for joining us. Look,
01:37this Trump deadline is approaching very fast. But what exactly should we read into here?
01:44Yeah, Maeve, the clock is really ticking now. We're less than 18 hours away from that 8 p.m.
01:48Washington deadline imposed by US President Donald Trump for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz,
01:54a vital shipping route that Tehran says is open but closed to its enemies. Over the Easter weekend,
02:00the rhetoric really ramped up. Trump warned Iran would be, quote, living in hell if a deal was not
02:06reached. Now, Tehran hit back just as strongly. Speaking to the Associated Press, Iran's culture minister
02:10called the U.S. president unstable and delusional, saying his statements aren't taken seriously.
02:15There was a diplomatic off-ramp where a potential 45-day ceasefire proposal from Pakistan, Egypt,
02:20and Turkey. But Iran's foreign minister rejected it outright, calling it illogical. Now, in a lengthy
02:25press conference on Monday, President Trump laid out in very stark terms what could happen if Iran
02:31doesn't comply. Take a listen. They have a period of, well, till tomorrow at 8 o'clock. I gave them
02:39an extension. They asked for an extension of seven days, right? I can tell you they're negotiating,
02:44we think, in good faith. We're giving them till tomorrow, 8 o'clock Eastern Time. And after that,
02:51they're going to have no bridges. They're going to have no power plants. Stone Ages, yeah.
02:59President Donald Trump there. And beyond his various statements, of course, the South Park's
03:03natural gas field has been hit again. And Gulf countries are also still being targeted, Adele.
03:11That's right. It's adding real anxiety to the region. Iran's South Park petrochemical complex
03:16is a critical site, part of the world's largest natural gas reserve, shared with Qatar. And it's
03:21the second time it's been targeted in a few weeks. But there are also signs of diplomacy. Qatar's
03:25Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdurrahman Bin Thani received a phone call from Iran's
03:32Foreign Minister Abbas Arakshi yesterday. And speaking to our Euronews colleagues in Dubai,
03:36the diplomatic advisor to UAE's president says a ceasefire is not enough and is calling for a
03:40durable security plan. But with the conflict now in its sixth week, Maeve, and that deadline just
03:47hours away, the situation remains extremely tense.
03:50Okay. Adele, Helen, thank you so much for that live update there from Doha. Now back here in Europe,
03:56the clock is ticking towards the biggest election of the year for the European Union taking place
04:01this very Sunday in Hungary. Just a few days ahead of the big day, though, Serbia said they found
04:07explosives at the Hungarian border very close to a pipeline delivering Russian gas to Hungary.
04:13The case evolved fast into a campaign topic in Hungary, with the government pointing fingers at
04:18Ukraine, and the opposition calling it a false flag operation. Our Hungarian correspondent,
04:23Chandr Ziris, is here with me this morning in the studio to tell us exactly what is going on. Fill
04:28us in.
04:29Good morning, Maeve. Yes, indeed. Sunday morning, the Serbian president, Aleksandr Vucic, announced that
04:35two bags of explosives were found close to the border with Hungary next to the pipeline, which is called
04:41Turkey Stream. This is a pipeline delivering Russian natural gas to Hungary and to Serbia. And this is a
04:47major component of Hungary's energy supplies. Now, Viktor Orbán immediately called for a security
04:54college meeting, and then he ordered soldiers to guard the pipeline in Hungary. And he also started to
05:01point fingers at Ukraine. Let's listen to what he said.
05:09Ukraine has been working for years to cut Europe off from Russian energy.
05:12They blew up North Stream, shut down the gas pipeline supplying Hungary, and this year, by closing the
05:18friendship pipeline, they placed Hungary under an oil blockade, while the Russian section of the
05:23Turk Stream is under continuous military attack. Ukraine's efforts pose a direct threat to Hungary.
05:29Ukraina törekvése Magyarország számára életveszélyt jelent.
05:33Viktor Orbán there. And Sander, how is this issue even related to the elections, and how are
05:37Hungarians perceiving the claims of Viktor Orbán?
05:40Well, in fact, you saw what Orbán said. He is accusing Ukraine. This is nothing new.
05:45Hungary campaigns against Ukraine since many, many months. By the way, Ukraine rejected those
05:51allegations. Now, very interesting that the opposition is talking about a false flag operation.
05:57Peter Magyar said that Orbán is using this issue in order to hijack public opinion and to postpone or
06:04cancel the elections. Now, I have to quote what Peter Magyar said. Many people suggested that
06:10something might accidentally happen in Serbia, possibly involving a gas pipeline one week before
06:16the Hungarian elections. I want to make it clear that Viktor Orbán will not be able to prevent next
06:22Sunday's election, Peter Magyar said. In addition to this, two security experts last week already said
06:30publicly that something is in the making, a possible false flag operation. And one of these experts
06:36explicitly mentioned that it could happen in Serbia. By the way, Serbia is saying that mentioning
06:43Ukraine is a disinformation. They are investigating an illegal migrant who might be involved in this
06:50attempt. Okay, Shana Zeros, thank you so much for all those details on what will be a very busy
06:54week for you. And meanwhile, the Trump administration is pulling out all the stops to support its preferred
07:01candidate in these elections. The US Vice President J.D. Vance will be spending the next two days on the
07:07campaign trail with Viktor Orban to quote, celebrate the deep ties between the two countries. For more on this
07:13relationship between President Trump and Viktor Orban, here's Euronews' correspondent Joltan Zibozegi from Budapest.
07:20Today, US Vice President J.D. Vance is arriving in Budapest for an official visit. But it's hard to tell
07:26whether this is really a diplomatic event or more of a campaign stop. Hungary is heeding into parliamentary
07:33election this Sunday. And for the first time in 16 years, polls shows Viktor Orban could lose his position
07:40as a prime minister. In these final days, he is doing everything he can to turn the result around. In
07:47recent years,
07:48Hungary's government has become increasingly isolated within the EU because it's anti-Ukraine stance and
07:55euroskeptic billboard campaigns. Orban is now trying to show that he is not alone, that he still has strong
08:02allies. He often points to his good relationship with powerful leaders all around the world,
08:08from Israel to Russia. But his most important ally is clearly Donald Trump. Viktor Orban praised
08:15Donald Trump's national security strategy as the most important and interesting document of recent years,
08:22saying it finally recognizes the civilizational crisis Europe faces. For months, Orban's party,
08:30he has tried to organize a Hungarian visit for US president in the campaign to publicly show his
08:36support with the sovereignists. But with all the ongoing international conflicts, Trump hasn't made
08:42the trip. There were rumors for a while that Vice President Wentz will come instead, for example,
08:48on CPEC conference, but it never happened. The fact that J.D. Wentz is now visiting Hungary just five days
08:55before the election sends a clear message. In Washington, and especially around Trump's circle in Mar-a-Lago,
09:03there's a strong preference for Orban to win a fifth term. In earlier speeches, Wentz has even described Orban as
09:10a kind of defender of conservative Christian Europe. They will meet this afternoon. But the big question is now,
09:18whether that kind of support will be enough to help feed us close the roughly 20-point gap they are
09:25facing in the polls.
09:30Zoltan Djibosheggi there reporting for us on J.D. Vance's trip to Budapest today, which will bring the whole city
09:35to a standstill.
09:36And this trip, of course, is being closely monitored here in Brussels, especially given J.D. Vance's speech last year
09:42at the
09:42Munich Security Conference, where he upset a lot of Europeans. For more, we can bring in now your news's EU
09:48editor, Maria, today.
09:49Good morning. So Brussels, watching this very closely.
09:52Well, watching this very closely and the election itself, of course, when you talk to any diplomat in Brussels
09:58and also around the capitals, they'll tell you the Hungarian election is the election to watch this year.
10:03It's the most important, the most consequential. And obviously, on Sunday, everyone in this town is going to be monitoring
10:10those results.
10:12I think at this stage, Brussels is paying attention, but it's also interesting.
10:17We see that the U.S. is really now throwing support behind Orban.
10:21And yet the approach from the European Union has been the complete opposite, to really do low profile, to not
10:27get involved, to not respond, to really not snap back.
10:31And you saw in those pictures that when you walk around Budapest, the face of Ursula von der Leyen is
10:35in posters,
10:36which sort of portray this as a head of the commission that is going to destroy Europe.
10:40And Viktor Orban is a polar opposite, the man who is going to face her.
10:44And still, we've seen very little from the commission.
10:47We also know and have reported this extensively on Euronews that for months now, the commission has put everything on
10:53hold.
10:53Major decisions on Hungary.
10:55Obviously, legal procedures are still pending.
10:57All of this frozen not to be used in the election.
11:01The one thing, however, that Brussels has been keen on not doing, and it's obviously keeping this as the ace,
11:07really the leverage that they have over the Hungarians, really, truly is the money.
11:12Obviously, we've talked about billions of euros that have been frozen.
11:15Hungary also applied for a loan to spend money, cash into weapons, around 17 billion euros.
11:21That has been frozen.
11:22It's the only country to not have its defense plan approved.
11:26And this idea that nothing will move until the election happens.
11:30The other point also we should note is that when it comes to the relationship now between Brussels and Budapest,
11:35I was there the last time for the election.
11:36And obviously, there's been tensions now playing out for years.
11:39But this time, what really changes is there's a very strong security aspect.
11:43Obviously, this is not just about an ideological clash, about the politics,
11:47but really now for a number of member states, Hungary now is so close to Russia.
11:51The tapes, the leaks, the conversations among the foreign ministers of the two countries,
11:55that has now really crossed the line.
11:57Because now you talk about defense and key security capabilities, and that is now seen really as a red line.
12:03The one thing I would note, just very briefly also, is when you talk to diplomats in Brussels,
12:07they tell you whichever way this goes, the relationship will have to change.
12:11If Magyar wins, obviously, that's a new government.
12:13If Orban wins, he could lose a lot of seats.
12:16And obviously, that could translate into perhaps a weaker Orban.
12:19So whatever happens on Sunday, something will have to change.
12:22And just briefly, you mentioned Peter Maillat.
12:24How does Brussels view him?
12:25You know, it's an interesting one, because in a way, they have kept a very calculated distance.
12:30Brussels doesn't comment about Peter Magyar.
12:33They've also been low profile on that.
12:34He obviously does not want to get involved in Brussels.
12:37And we've not seen him really in the European institutions, because back in Budapest,
12:41one of the attack lines from the Orban government is to say,
12:44ultimately, this guy, look, he's just a puppet of Ursula von der Leyen and the political establishment.
12:49What is interesting, however, there's been a number of moves that have been seen in Brussels.
12:53One is the fact that he says he wants to unlock the cash.
12:56If you want to unlock the funding, then it means, obviously, something is going to have to change in terms
13:01of rule of law.
13:01The fact that he went to a Munich security conference that was also perceived as,
13:05look, this could be a Hungary within NATO now that becomes less problematic.
13:09And the third, you know, his foreign policy and his advisors around it,
13:13they are seen as perhaps more moderate and more pro-European.
13:16But as I say, it's both an opportunity, but also an enigma and a lot of distance for the time
13:20being.
13:21Okay, we'll keep a close eye on it.
13:22And you'll, of course, be in Hungary for that very important election.
13:25So do stay tuned to Euronews for that and keep an eye on Euronews.com for more analysis.
13:30Now, moving on as the war in Ukraine and the conflicts in the Middle East drag on,
13:34this April marks three years since Sudan's civil war broke out
13:38when a power struggle began between two branches of its armed forces.
13:41For the view from the ground, we spoke to Kristen Davis, the UNHCR ambassador,
13:46and the American actress best known for her role as Charlotte in Sex and the City.
13:51She recently visited the East African country.
13:54With millions on the move and a conflict at risk of spreading,
13:57Kristen Davis started by telling us not to forget about one of the bloodiest conflicts in recent years.
14:03For some reason, media does not seem to want to cover it,
14:06which I find really interesting and I can't explain why.
14:08But I do know that I work with UNHCR.
14:12I'm a Goodwill ambassador.
14:13And I knew that the war was ongoing and that many, many people have been displaced.
14:18Twelve million people have been displaced, which is a stunning number,
14:22especially because it isn't even something that's being reported on.
14:26So we just went a few weeks back.
14:28I went to South Sudan because I wanted to see for myself what was happening.
14:32Every time that I have gone on a trip to a refugee camp or a refugee area
14:36where people are crossing from conflicts, like really life or death level conflict,
14:42it's always upsetting, but at the same time it's also inspiring because the people are so strong.
14:47And in this situation, it's largely women and children and a lot of very, very young children.
14:52And they've had to travel far distances with very, very dangerous situations.
14:57So when they cross the border, they're relieved, but they're also, you know, stressed.
15:02They don't know where they're going to go.
15:03They don't know what they're going to do.
15:04They need to find a safe place for their children, just like you or I would feel.
15:08Obviously, they did nothing wrong to make them be a refugee.
15:11They're just trying to keep their family alive.
15:14And many of them told me stories of their husbands being taken out of the house and shot in front
15:19of them.
15:19And do they feel alone?
15:20Do they feel like the international community has forgotten about them?
15:22I don't think so.
15:23No, I don't think so, because UNHCR is there.
15:26We're there.
15:26That is our mandate, to be there for refugees, for people who are displaced.
15:31And we will do everything in our power to be there and to give them life-saving aid right away
15:36in an emergency.
15:38Now, there have been funding cuts, which is pretty upsetting.
15:41I could tell that that was your next question.
15:43This was the first trip that I had made since the funding cuts.
15:46So that was upsetting and depressing also, because I've never been in a situation where we were not able to
15:54give them a hot food, a hot meal, when they have originally arrived to the camps.
16:00That was kind of upsetting.
16:01We had the high-protein biscuits that we were giving to children five and under and to pregnant women.
16:08But I haven't ever been in a situation where we couldn't say, here's your water, here's your tent, here's your
16:14hot meal.
16:14It was just really so deeply troubling after everything that they've been through, after the violence that they've been through,
16:22that we can't feed them a hot meal.
16:24But what is the future for these people?
16:26You described millions of people on the move, millions of people displaced.
16:29Where will these people go?
16:30Obviously, I'm sure they just want to go home.
16:32They do want to go home, and I mean, one can only hope that some larger forces will intervene that
16:38will bring peace or at least encourage the players to put down their arms and stop the fighting.
16:46The region has obviously been through many, many, many struggles in the past, which I feel like in some ways
16:54influences the fact that people aren't talking about it in the media.
16:57I think there's some level of fatigue, which is unfortunate because it's still people's lives.
17:03You know, every single country there, and they're very poor countries, but every single country is making a huge effort
17:08to accommodate the people and give them the services that they can give them.
17:13They're very poor countries, again.
17:15You know, so you don't think about necessarily that that's where refugees are, but largely that I think 70 percent
17:22of refugees are in really poor countries.
17:24And they never make it to Europe or the United States.
17:27You know, most people, I think, have the misperception that people are just coming freely.
17:32That's so not the case.
17:33I think it's one percent get resettled.
17:35So they're mostly in the poor neighboring countries who can be very, very welcoming, which is hugely important.
17:43You know, they may not have a huge amount of funding for them, but the warmth of the welcome is
17:48powerful.
17:50I think they just want to go home at this point.
17:52And it's so many people that it's hard to even imagine, you know, how they will be resettled into these
17:58new countries that they're in.
17:59But I do think everyone's making a huge effort for that to be a positive experience for them.
18:04And meanwhile, Kristen, the war and the U.S.-Israel war on Iran, it's entering its second month.
18:08It's turned the whole world upside down.
18:11Yeah.
18:12Could we be in this for the long haul, you think?
18:13I hope not.
18:14I hope not.
18:15I really hope not.
18:17It's obviously so deeply, deeply upsetting.
18:20And I was just talking to my UNHCR colleagues and over a million people have been displaced in Lebanon already.
18:28And it's just begun.
18:30So it's deeply, deeply disturbing.
18:32And I hope that people can, you know, find a way to to deescalate.
18:40I mean, this is what we always hope for.
18:42No one wants war.
18:43And what would your final message of hope be to our viewers who are tuning in today, feeling very overwhelmed
18:48and stressed about the state of the world?
18:50The world is chaotic right now.
18:51I fully get that.
18:52But I feel that in terms of refugees and displaced people, empathy is more powerful in some ways, even than
19:01funds, you know, like understanding that they did not cause this, that they they the people who are displaced are
19:08not at fault.
19:09Nothing they did wrong happened that made them be displaced, right?
19:12Just having that empathy.
19:14And all of us know someone who's a refugee or the child of a refugee.
19:17You know, there's people around you that you may not even realize are refugees.
19:21And having some understanding of what they've been through, being able to maybe just say a kind word to them.
19:28There's so many tiny things you can do that improve the world and that also make you feel better.
19:33I find that for myself.
19:34You know, it's a way for you to feel like, OK, I can make a positive difference in my little
19:39world right now.
19:40And that's something.
19:42OK, Kristen Davis, thank you so much.
19:43Thank you.
19:44Thank you here on your own.
19:44So lovely to have you with us.
19:45Thank you for having me.
19:50Kristen Davis, they're the American actress and the UNHCR Goodwill ambassador speaking to me earlier.
19:55Well, that brings this edition of Europe Today to an end.
19:58Thank you so much for tuning in, as always.
20:00For more news and analysis, do visit your news dot com.
20:03Take care and see you very soon.
20:11Take care and see you very soon.
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