Viktor Orban says he has won Hungary's election, and criticises Ukraine's president in his speech.
Hungary's nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban has declared victory in general elections after partial results gave his Fidesz party a big lead - and called Ukraine's President Zelensky an "opponent" in his victory speech.An opposition alliance led by Peter Marki-Zay was far behind with 35%."They can see it from the Moon, but certainly from Brussels as well."
Hungary shares a border with Ukraine and has taken in more than half a million refugees so far. Mr Orban insists that by helping the people, but refusing to supply weapons to Ukraine, he is keeping Hungary out of the war.Mr Orban, 58, has had a fraught relationship with the EU, which considers that Fidesz has undermined Hungary's democratic institutions, the BBC's Nick Thorpe in Budapest reports.
The opposition complained that Fidesz had isolated Hungary from the European mainstream, and from consensual democracy, fairness and decency.
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