US Vice-President J.D. Vance traveled to Budapest to praise Hungary and support Prime Minister Viktor Orban. The visit comes as Orban faces a difficult re-election campaign in a race many polls suggest he will lose.

US Vice-President J.D. Vance lavished praise on Hungary and Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Tuesday as he arrived in Budapest to boost the veteran nationalist leader’s campaign ahead of an election that many opinion polls suggest Orban will lose. Orban, a Eurosceptic nationalist in power since 2010, is facing the toughest re-election bid of his career, with independent polls indicating his Fidesz party will lose Sunday’s vote to centre-right challenger Peter Magyar’s Tisza party. Vance’s visit,.....