Orbán may have gone to Washington seeking a sanctions waiver, but he returned as the undisputed leader of a Europe yearning for a new civilizational project.
Hungary’s insistence on defending its energy security and its right to pursue peace talks offers a model of what a more balanced and sovereign Europe could look like.
That Orbán has been able to cultivate a close relationship with the White House has thwarted the attempt of the Brussels bureaucracy to diplomatically isolate Hungary.
