Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán arrives at the Vatican to meet Pope Francis, April 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
Nevertheless, Orbán has preferred to steer clear of confronting his differences with the Vatican and to instead focus on finding common ground, particularly when it comes to peace in Ukraine.
In a February “State of the Nation” speech, Orbán, who is often at odds with the European Union’s stance on Russia and its president, Vladimir Putin, criticized Germany’s supply of Leopard tanks to Ukraine as a move from “the peace camp into the war camp.”
“That left two of us” in the peace camp, Orbán said. “Hungary and the Vatican. We cannot complain about the company, but we need to address some serious consequences.”
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