A high-profile visit by US Vice President JD Vance to Budapest is drawing attention to crucial elections being held in Hungary this Sunday. Vance’s two-day visit is seen by many as an 11th hour attempt to boost Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s support among Hungarian voters. Independent polls currently put opposition leader Péter Magyar in the lead, but the outcome remains uncertain. The World’s Europe Correspondent Orla Barry reports on the man who could bring down Europe’s longest-serving leader.
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