Tisza Party candidate for Hungarian Prime Minister Peter Magyar speaks during the election rally, In Ivancsa, Hungary on March 12, 2026.Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images

Orbán’s rival Magyar slams JD Vance’s Hungary visit as election meddling – POLITICO

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Hungarian opposition leader Péter Magyar on Tuesday accused the U.S. of meddling in the country’s upcoming election, hitting out at Vice President JD Vance’s visit to Budapest just days before voters head to the polls.

“No foreign country may interfere in Hungarian elections. This is our country,” Magyar wrote on X, adding that Hungarian history “is not written in Washington, Moscow, or Brussels.”

Vance arrived Tuesday for talks with Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and a public address, in what Budapest has described as a sign of “deepening ties” between the two countries.