Rubio seeks to boost Hungary’s Orban as he faces toughest election in years

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“We want this country to do well,” Marco Rubio said during a visit to Budapest, “especially as long as you’re the prime minister.”

February 16, 2026 at 11:12 a.m. EST6 minutes ago

Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban at a joint news conference in Budapest on Monday. (Bernadett Szabo/Reuters)

BUDAPEST — Secretary of State Marco Rubio sought to throw Viktor Orban a political lifeline on Monday, as the Hungarian prime minister trails in most polls ahead of an election this spring that could see Europe’s most pro-Russian and longest-ruling prime minister voted out of power.

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