{"id":1380218,"date":"2026-04-09T20:30:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T17:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/the-european-parliament-announced-the-influence-of-russia-on-the-elections-in-hungary\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T05:52:02","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T02:52:02","slug":"the-european-parliament-announced-the-influence-of-russia-on-the-elections-in-hungary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/the-european-parliament-announced-the-influence-of-russia-on-the-elections-in-hungary\/","title":{"rendered":"Kremlin\u2019s Shadow Over Hungary: EU Alleges Russian Election Interference"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"740\" data-end=\"889\"><strong>The European Parliament has warned that Hungary\u2019s parliamentary elections face serious threats to their integrity, citing alleged Russian interference and the misuse of state resources.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"891\" data-end=\"918\">Euronews <a href=\"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/my-europe\/2026\/04\/09\/exclusive-meps-warn-of-serious-risks-to-hungary-election-urge-commission-to-act\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">reports<\/a> this.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"920\" data-end=\"1069\">Five influential MEPs have expressed doubts about the possibility of holding a free and fair vote scheduled for the coming days.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1071\" data-end=\"1196\">They called on the European Commission to assess the impact of disinformation, administrative resources, and foreign interference on the electoral process.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1198\" data-end=\"1322\">The appeal emphasizes that democratic competition in the country is under pressure due to information campaigns and external influence.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1324\" data-end=\"1435\">MEPs also pointed to possible support for the ruling Fidesz party from Russian military intelligence.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1437\" data-end=\"1576\">They specifically drew attention to the creation of a network of fake media outlets that spread false information about opposition leader Peter Magyar.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1578\" data-end=\"1768\">In addition, the deputies mentioned the persecution of investigative journalist Szabolcs P\u00e1nya. The publication of materials regarding the connections between the Hungarian authorities and Moscow led to his espionage charges.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1770\" data-end=\"1903\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">MEPs believe that such actions are accompanied by a public campaign of discredit and create additional pressure on independent media.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1770\" data-end=\"1903\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">As previously reported, <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/vitseprezydent-ssha-vens-zrobyv-skandalni-zaiavy-pro-ukrainu-ta-yes-pid-chas-vizytu-do-uhorshchyny\/\">US Vice President <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">J.D. Vance<\/span><\/span> made a number of high-profile statements about Ukraine and <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">the European Union<\/span><\/span> during his visit to <\/a>Hungary and\u00a0also openly supported the country&#8217;s Prime Minister <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Viktor Orban<\/span><\/span> on the eve of the elections.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1770\" data-end=\"1903\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">As a reminder, <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/vybory-v-uhorshchyni-2026-bukmekery-stavliat-na-madiara\/\">ahead of the 2026 elections in Hungary, political betting is increasingly reflecting the balance of power and expectations for results<\/a>. Currently, bookmakers favor opposition politician Peter Magyar.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"full-post__content font-rules\">\n<p>Furthermore, follow <strong>\u201cPryamyi\u201d<\/strong> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/prm_ua\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">X<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/+rtV4dxYu2_cyNjVi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Telegram<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Instagram.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The European Parliament has warned that Hungary\u2019s parliamentary elections face serious threats to their integrity, citing alleged Russian interference and the misuse of state resources. &nbsp; Euronews reports this. &nbsp; Five influential MEPs have expressed doubts about the possibility of holding a free and fair vote scheduled for the coming days. &nbsp; They called on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":1312419,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76870,76871,76872,76885],"class_list":["post-1380218","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world","category-news-2","category-news-feed","category-policy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1380218","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/66"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1380218"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1380218\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1380275,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1380218\/revisions\/1380275"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1312419"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1380218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1380218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}