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Watch: DW on Orbán's Unusual Friends

• 30 Nov 2023 12:47 PM

Hungary is a member of both the EU and NATO but the foreign policy approach of the country's prime minister, Viktor Orban, often rejects the sensibilities of these alliances.

Not one serving EU leader came to Hungary in August 2023, when Prime Minister Viktor Orban celebrated Hungary's birthday.

Instead, his guest list included for example: the heads of Turkey, Serbia, Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, and Qatar. What's going on in Hungary? And why does Orban have the friends that he does?

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