Viktor Orbán celebrated by Europe’s far right before Hungary election
by Flora Garamvolgyi in Budapest and Jon Henley from World news | The Guardian on (#74EDR)
France's Marine Le Pen and the Netherlands' Geert Wilders among speakers praising prime minister at Budapest event
Marine Le Pen has called Viktor Orban an exceptional leader" and Geert Wilders hailed a lion on a continent led by sheep" as Europe's far-right figureheads rallied round Hungary's prime minister before an election that polls suggest he may lose.
Hungary has become a symbol in Europe of a proud and sovereign people's resistance against oppression," Le Pen, the parliamentary leader of France's National Rally (RN), told a gathering of EU-sceptical leaders in Budapest on Monday.
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