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Luca Flora Soltesz

Luca Flora Soltesz is a contributing editor at Visegrad Insight, which is the main Central European analysis and media platform. She studied and worked all across the EU, before returning to her home country. Besides her job as a political analyst, she also works at an NGO, strengthening democratic awareness among citizens using digital tools.

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U.S. Vice President JD Vance (R) and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban (L)  in Budapest, Hungary, on April 7, 2026.

In Hungary's most consequential election in years, JD Vance did too little too late

by Luca Flora Soltesz
The visit of U.S. Vice President JD Vance to Budapest was intended to provide a timely boost to Prime Minister Viktor Orban ahead of Hungary's parliamentary elections this Sunday. Instead, the visit just highlighted the widening gap between the government's international agenda and the domestic realities facing Hungarian voters. In a campaign defined by economic hardship and the sudden rise of a formidable opposition, the arrival of a senior American official felt more like a desperate distrac