Facing potential defeat, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has anchored his election campaign on the themes of cheap energy and opposition to EU support for Ukraine. An alleged pipeline incident, which Orban's allies promote, seems designed to boost his efforts.

Faced with the very real prospect of defeat in Sunday’s parliamentary elections, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has built his campaign around cheap and secure energy and outspoken opposition to EU support for Ukraine. An alleged plot to blow up a pipeline bringing Russian gas into Hungary – dismissed by Orban’s opponents as a “false flag” – seems almost tailor-made to give his campaign a last-minute boost.