Eastern Europe Edition

Viktor Orban Faces His Day of Reckoning

Sunday’s election is being closely watched from Washington to Moscow via Brussels and Kyiv.

Opinion polls show Orban is fighting for his political life in an election on Sunday.Photographer: Simon Wohlfahrt/Bloomberg

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By Andrea Dudik

April 10, 2026 at 4:30 AM UTC

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Viktor Orban, Europe’s populist-in-chief who counts Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin as his allies, faces his reckoning.