Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban is going all in with an anti-Ukraine campaign less than seven weeks before an election, derailing the European Union¡¯s latest packages to aid Kyiv and punish Moscow.
And now the prospect of a historic defeat that would end his 16-year rule ¡ª an independent poll Wednesday showed Orban¡¯s party trailing by 20 points ¡ª is forcing him into a corner.
The nationalist leader¡¯s long-tested skill at brinkmanship with the EU and its institutions usually culminates in a last-minute reversal that the premier can sell domestically.
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