While the European Commission remains silent and does not want to interfere in the election campaign in Hungary, EU media are writing that the arrival of US Vice President JD Vance in Budapest is evidence that "shadow powers" are cheering for the victory of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.
The reason, it is said, is the fear that Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, after 16 years, could lose power.
The Italian newspaper "Corriere della Sera" writes that Orban is receiving "the support of the strange Trump-Putin-Jinping alliance" ahead of the parliamentary elections, adding that the goal is to "maintain Orban in the European Union as a 'fifth column' sabotaging the strengthening of the EU."
Most media outlets and analysts do not spare criticism of Orban, some even call him a "Trojan horse", because they believe that he is hindering EU institutions from within, while in Hungary he has established a government that is contrary to European rules and is stifling the rule of law.
"Corriere della Sera" points out that "powerful, uninvited shadow participants" see that Orban's "electoral autocracy" could be brought to its knees and are therefore coming to his aid.
"America, Russia and China are seemingly strangely united in support of Orban" in order to resist the powerful pro-European opposition led by Peter Magyar, the Italian daily points out. And, as it reminds us, US President Donald Trump largely shares Orban's prescriptions for "illiberal democracy"... and has made it clear that Orban has his full support for the elections, "even if not everyone in Europe likes it."
The Hungarian prime minister works closely with Moscow and is a fierce opponent of EU support for Ukraine. He is trying to win many Hungarian votes by alleging that Brussels is spending huge amounts of money to support Kiev in its war with Russia, arguing that this is pushing the EU and Hungary into an open, disastrous conflict with Moscow.
"Corriere della Sera" reports that "finally, but by no means the last to bet on Orban is Chinese leader Xi Jinping, who has called the Hungarian prime minister a friend since forever."
The key to this friendship, the Milanese newspaper writes, is "that Hungary is a key partner for Chinese investments in Europe, especially for the production of batteries for electric cars and the construction of railway infrastructure as part of China's global 'Belt and Road' initiative."
"Corriere della Sera", as well as some other media outlets and analysts, are convinced that Trump, Putin and Xi Jinping want to break up the European Union or at least keep it in a state of subordination and weakness, in order to prevent it from becoming a world power.
"Viktor Orban has so far been their fifth column within the EU, an embedded agent, and it is no secret that he has always opposed, hindered, and even openly sabotaged every action to advance and deepen EU integration," the Italian newspaper concludes.
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