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00:15Buongiorno, è Tuesday April 7, I'm Maeve McMahon e you're watching Europe Today,
00:20your daily dose of European news and analysis, live here on Euronews.
00:25Coming up, just days before Hungary's parliamentary elections, U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance
00:31is due in Budapest today. Vance will attend a campaign rally and hold a joint press conference
00:37with Prime Minister Viktor Orban. We'll be bringing you the latest from our reporter
00:41on 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
00:52behind in opinion polls ahead of this weekend's vote. But first, EU Council President Antonio
00:58Costa has said targeting civilian infrastructure would be illegal and unacceptable. His comments
01:04follow escalating tensions after U.S. 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
01:22in Iran. There'll be nothing like it. Open the strait or you'll be living in hell.
01:27For the latest, we can now cross over to Doha, where your news correspondent Adel Khalim is standing
01:33by for us this morning. Good morning, Adel. Thanks so much for joining us. Look, this Trump deadline
01:37is 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 U.S. 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
02:05reached. Now, Tehran hit back just as strongly. Speaking to the Associated Press, Iran's culture
02:10minister called the U.S. president unstable and delusional, saying his statements aren't taken
02:14seriously. There was a diplomatic off-ramp where a potential 45-day ceasefire proposal from Pakistan,
02:20Egypt, and Turkey. But Iran's foreign minister rejected it outright, calling it illogical.
02:24Now, in a lengthy press conference on Monday, President Trump laid out in very stark terms
02:29what could happen if Iran doesn't comply. Take a listen.
02:33They have a period of, well, till tomorrow at 8 o'clock. I gave them an extension. They asked for
02:40an extension of seven days, right? I can tell you they're negotiating, we think, in good faith.
02:45We're giving them till tomorrow, 8 o'clock Eastern time. And after that, they're going to have no
02:52bridges. They're going to have no power plants. Stone ages, yeah.
02:59President Donald Trump there. And beyond his various statements, of course,
03:03the South Park's natural gas field has been hit again,
03:06and Gulf countries are also still being targeted, Adele.
03:11That's right. It's adding real anxiety to the region. Iran's South Park's 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.
03:25Qatar's Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdurrahman bin Tzani received a phone call from Iran's
03:32Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi yesterday. And speaking to our Euronews colleagues in Dubai,
03:35the 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.
03:51Okay. Adele Halem, 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.
04:07They found explosives at the Hungarian border very close to a pipeline delivering Russian gas to
04:12Hungary. The case evolved fast into a campaign topic in Hungary, with the government pointing fingers
04:17at Ukraine and the opposition calling it a false flag operation. Our Hungarian correspondent,
04:23Sean Razeros, is here with me this morning in the studio to tell us exactly what is going on.
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,
04:40which is called Turkey Stream. This is a pipeline delivering Russian natural gas to Hungary and to
04:46Serbia. And this is a major component of Hungary's energy supplies. Now Viktor Orbán immediately called for
04:53a security college meeting and then he ordered soldiers to guard the pipeline in Hungary.
04:59And he also started to point fingers at Ukraine. Let's listen to what he said.
05:09Ukraine has been working for years to cut Europe off from Russian energy. They blew up North Stream,
05:14shut down the gas pipeline supplying Hungary. And this year, by closing the friendship pipeline,
05:19they placed Hungary under an oil blockade, while the Russian section of the Dock Stream is under
05:24continuous military attack. Ukraine's efforts pose a direct threat to Hungary.
05:33Viktor Orbán there. And Sander, how is this issue even related to the elections? And how are Hungarians
05:38perceiving the claims of Viktor Orbán? Well, in fact, you saw what Orbán said. He is accusing Ukraine. This is
05:44nothing new. Hungary campaigns against Ukraine since many, many months. By the way, Ukraine rejected
05:51those allegations. 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 something
06:11might accidentally happen in Serbia, possibly involving a gas pipeline one week before the
06:16Hungarian elections. I want to make it clear that Viktor Orbán will not be able to prevent next Sunday's
06:23election, Peter Magyar said. In addition to this, two security experts last week already said publicly that
06:30something is in the making, a possible false flag operation, and one of these experts explicitly
06:37mentioned 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
07:06on the campaign trail with Viktor Orbán to quote, celebrate the deep ties between the two countries.
07:12For more on this relationship between President Trump and Viktor Orbán, here's Euronews' correspondent,
07:17Joltan Zybozhegi from Budapest. Today, US Vice President J.D. Vance is arriving in Budapest
07:24for an official visit, but it's hard to tell whether this is really a diplomatic event or more of a
07:29campaign
07:30stop. Hungary is heeding into parliamentary election this Sunday, and for the first time in 16 years,
07:37polls shows Viktor Orbán could lose his position as a prime minister. In these final days, he is
07:43doing everything he can to turn the result around. In recent years, Hungary's government has became
07:49increasingly isolated within the EU, because it's anti-Ukraine stance and euroskeptic billboard
07:56campaigns. Orbán is now trying to show that he is not alone, that he still has strong allies. He often
08:04points to his good relationship with powerful leaders all around the world, from Israel to Russia.
08:10But his most important ally is clearly Donald Trump. Viktor Orbán praised Donald Trump's national
08:16security strategy as the most important and interesting document of recent years,
08:22saying it finally recognizes the civilizational crisis Europe faces. For months, Orbán's party
08:30has 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 Wenz will come instead, for example,
08:48on CPEC conference, but it never happened. The fact that J.D. Wenz is now visiting Hungary just five days
08:55before the election sends a clear message. In Washington, and especially around Trump's circle
09:01in Mar-a-Lago, there's a strong preference for Orbán to win a fifth term. In earlier speeches,
09:08Wenz has even described Orbán as a kind of defender of conservative Christian Europe.
09:14They will meet this afternoon. But the big question is now whether that kind of support
09:20will be enough to help feed us close the roughly 20-point gap they are facing in the polls.
09:29Sultan Zhiboshegi there reporting for us on J.D. Wenz's trip to Budapest today,
09:34which will bring the whole city to a standstill. And this trip, of course, is being closely monitored
09:38here in Brussels, especially given J.D. Wenz's speech last year at the Munich Security Conference,
09:44where he upset a lot of Europeans. For more, we can bring in now your news's EU editor,
09:48Maria Tseo. Good morning. So Brussels are watching this very closely.
09:52Well, watching this very closely and the election itself. Of course, when you talk to any diplomat
09:57in Brussels and also around the capitals, I'll tell you the Hungarian election is the election to watch
10:03this year. It's the most important, the most consequential. And obviously, on Sunday, everyone
10:08in this town is going to be monitoring those results. I think at this stage, Brussels is paying
10:15attention. But it's also interesting. We see that the U.S. is really now throwing support
10:20behind Orban. And yet the approach from the European Union has been the complete opposite,
10:25to really do low profile, to not get involved, to not respond, to really not snap back. And you saw
10:31in those pictures that when you walk around Budapest, the face of Ursula von der Leyen is in posters,
10:36which sort of portray this as a head of the commission that is going to destroy Europe. And
10:40Viktor Orban is a polar opposite, the man who is going to face her. And still, we've seen very
10:45little from the commission. We also know and have reported this extensively on Euronews that for
10:50months now, the commission has put everything on hold. Major decisions on Hungary. Obviously,
10:56legal procedures are still pending. All of this frozen not to be used in the election. The one thing,
11:02however, 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. Obviously,
11:12we've talked about billions of euros that have been frozen. Hungary also applied for a loan to
11:17spend money cash into weapons around 17 billion euros that has been frozen as the only country
11:23to not have its defense plan approved under 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
11:34and Budapest, I was there the last time for the election. Obviously, there's been tensions now
11:38playing out for years. But 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, but really now for a
11:48number of member states, Hungary now is so close to Russia, the tapes, the leaks, the conversations
11:53among the foreign ministers of the two countries that has now really crossed the line. Because now you
11:58talk 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. If Magyar
12:11wins, obviously, that's a new government. If Orban wins, he could lose a lot of seats. And
12:16obviously, that could translate into perhaps a weaker Orban. So whatever happens on Sunday,
12:21something will have to change.
12:22And just briefly, you mentioned Peter Maillat. How 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. They've also been low profile on that. He
12:34obviously does not want to get involved in Brussels. And we've not seen him really in
12:38the European institutions, because back in Budapest, one of the attack lines from the Orban
12:43government is to say, ultimately, this guy, look, he's just a puppet of Ursula von der Leyen
12:47and the political establishment. What is interesting, however, there's been a number of moves that have
12:52been seen in Brussels. One is the fact that he says he wants to unlock the cash. If you want
12:57to unlock the
12:57fund, then it means obviously something is going to have to change in terms of rule of law. The
13:01fact that he went to Munich Security Conference that was also perceived as, look, this could be
13:06a Hungary within NATO now that becomes less problematic. And the third, you know, his foreign
13:10policy and his advisors around it, they are seen as perhaps more moderate and more pro-European.
13:15But as I say, it's both an opportunity, but also an enigma and a lot of distance for the time
13:20being.
13:20OK, we'll keep a close eye on it. And you'll, of course, be in Hungary for that very important
13:24election. So do stay tuned to Euronews for that and keep an eye on Euronews.com for more analysis.
13:29Now, 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 when a power struggle began between
13:39two branches of its armed forces. For the view from the ground, we spoke to Kristen Davis,
13:45the UNHCR ambassador and the American actress best known for her role as Charlotte
13:49in sex and the city. She recently visited the East African country. With millions on the move
13:55and a conflict at risk of spreading, Kristen Davis started by telling us not to forget about one of
14:00the bloodiest conflicts in recent years. For some reason, media does not seem to want to cover it,
14:06which I find really interesting and I can't explain why. But I do know that I work with UNHCR,
14:12I'm a goodwill ambassador, and I knew that the war was ongoing and that many, many people have been
14:17displaced. Twelve million people have been displaced, which is a stunning number, especially because
14:23it isn't even something that's being reported on. So we just went a few weeks back. I went to South
14:29Sudan because I wanted to see for myself what was happening. Every time that I have gone on a trip
14:34to a refugee camp or a refugee area where people are crossing from conflicts, like really life or death
14:40level conflict, it's always upsetting. But at the same time, it's also inspiring because the people
14:46are so strong. And in this situation, it's largely women and children and a lot of very, very young
14:51children. And they've had to travel far distances with very, very dangerous situations. So when they
14:58cross the border, they're relieved, but they're also, you know, stressed. They don't know where they're
15:02going to go. They don't know what they're going to do. They need to find a safe place for their
15:06children, just like you or I would feel. Obviously they did nothing wrong to make them be a refugee.
15:11They're just trying to keep their family alive. And many of them told me stories of their husbands
15:16being taken out of the house and shot in front of them. And do they feel alone? Do they feel
15:20like
15:20the international community has forgotten about them? I don't think so. No, I don't think so.
15:24Because UNHCR is there. We're there. That is our mandate to be there for refugees,
15:29for people who are displaced. And we will do everything in our power to be there and to give them
15:34life-saving aid right away in an emergency. Now there have been funding cuts, which is pretty
15:40upsetting. I know I could tell that that was your next question. This was the first trip that I had
15:44made since the funding cuts. So that was, that was upsetting and depressing also because I've never
15:51been in a situation where we were not able to give them a hot food, a hot meal when they
15:56have
15:57originally arrived to the camps. That was kind of upsetting. We had the
16:02high 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, here's your water,
16:12here's your tent, here's your hot meal. It was just really so deeply troubling after everything
16:19that they've been through, after the violence that they've been through, that we can't feed them
16:23a hot meal. But what is the future for these people? You describe millions of people on the move,
16:28millions of people displaced. Where will these people go? Obviously,
16:31I'm sure they just want to go home. They do want to go home. And I mean,
16:34one can only hope that some, some larger forces will intervene that will, will bring peace or at
16:40least encourage the players to, to put down their arms and, and stop the fighting. The region has
16:47obviously been through, you know, many, many, many struggles in the past, which I feel like in some
16:53ways influences the fact that people aren't talking about it in the media. I think there's some
16:58level of fatigue, um, which is unfortunate because it's still people's lives, you know,
17:03every single country there and they're very poor countries, but every single country is making a
17:08huge effort to accommodate the people and give them the services that they can give them. They're
17:14very poor countries again, you know, so you, you don't think about necessarily that that's where
17:19refugees are, but largely that, I think 70% of refugees are in really poor countries and then never
17:25make it to Europe or you, the United States. You know, most people I think have the misperception
17:29that that, that people are just coming freely. That that's so not the cases. I think it's 1% get
17:34resettled. So they're mostly in the poor neighboring countries who can be very, very welcoming,
17:41which is hugely important. You know, they may not have a huge amount of funding for them,
17:46but the warmth of the welcome is, is powerful. Um, I think they just want to go home at this
17:51point.
17:52And it's so many people that it's hard to even imagine, you know, how they will be resettled
17:57into these new countries that they're in. But I do think everyone's making a huge effort for that to
18:02be a positive experience for them. And meanwhile, Kristen, the war, um, the U S Israel war on Iran,
18:07it's entering its second month. It's turned the whole world upside down. Yeah. Could we be in
18:12this for the long haul? You think? I hope not. I hope not. I really hope not. It's obviously so
18:18deeply, deeply upsetting. And I was just talking to my UNHCR, um, colleagues and over a million
18:26people have been displaced in Lebanon already and it's just begun. So it's, it's deeply, deeply
18:31disturbing. And I hope that people can, um, you know, find a way to, to deescalate. I mean,
18:40this is what we always hope for. No one wants war. And what would your final message of hope be
18:45to our
18:45viewers who are tuning in today, feeling very overwhelmed and stressed about the state of the
18:49world? The world is chaotic right now. I fully get that, but I feel that in terms of refugees
18:54and displaced people, empathy is, uh, more powerful in some ways, even than funds, you know,
19:02like understanding that they did not cause this, that they, they, the people who are displaced
19:07are not at fault. Nothing they did wrong happened that made them be displaced, right? Just having that
19:13empathy and all of us know someone who's a refugee or the child of a refugee, you know, there's people
19:19around you that you may not even realize are refugees and having some understanding of what
19:24they've been through, being able to maybe just say a kind word to them. There's so many tiny things
19:29you can do that improve the world. And that also make you feel better. I find that for myself,
19:34you know, it's a way for you to feel like, okay, I can make a positive difference in my
19:38little world right now. And that's something. Okay. Kristin Davis, thank you so much.
19:43Thank you here on your own. So lovely to have you with us. Oh, thank you for having me.
19:50Kristin Davis there, the American actress and the UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador speaking to me earlier.
19:55Well, that brings this edition of Europe Today to an end. Thank you so much for tuning in,
19:59as always. For more news and analysis, do visit yournews.com. Take care and see you very soon.
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