00:00U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance urged Hungarians to back Prime Minister Viktor Orban in upcoming elections.
00:09Dubbing the populist leader a defender of Western civilization during a joint press conference with the Hungarian Prime Minister,
00:17J.D. Vance accused the European Union of interfering in Hungary's election campaign and imposing censorship.
00:24While opposition leader Peter Magyar warned against foreign involvement in the vote, urging all countries to respect Hungary's sovereignty.
00:37What has happened in this country, what has happened in the midst of this election campaign,
00:43is one of the worst examples of foreign election interference that I've ever seen or ever even read about.
00:49The bureaucrats in Brussels have tried to destroy the economy of Hungary.
00:55They have tried to make Hungary less energy independent.
01:00They have tried to drive up costs for Hungarian consumers.
01:03And they've done it all because they hate this guy.
01:06Vance did not address the numerous recent reports that Russian secret services are meddling in Hungary's election to tip it
01:13in Orban's favor.
01:14The Hungarian government has repeatedly claimed that Kyiv and Brussels are trying to oust Orban.
01:44Vance will remain in Budapest until Wednesday.
01:48According to a poll published last week by the 21 Researched Institute,
01:53the opposition Cäsar Party leads among the sided voters with 56%.
01:5820 éve nem járt ilyen magasrangú amerikai vezető Magyarországon.
02:02J.D. Vance a sajtótájékoztatón többször elismételte, hogy nem azért jött, hogy Orbán Viktor mellett kampányoljon.
02:07Majd utána többször hozzátette, hogy ettől függetlően a magyar miniszterelnök az egyetlen Európában,
02:12amely megőrizheti a kontinens lelkiismeretét, és megófhatja a magyarokat az energiaválságtól.
02:18Sipos Egyi Zoltán, Euronews, Budapest.
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