Hungarian factor in the EU politics

Mykhailo Pashkov March 30, 2026

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Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán appeared in isolation within the EU. Given the voter sentiments, many European officials predict that the current Prime Minister and his FIDESZ party will lose the parliamentary elections. European politicians expect the Kremlin proxy Orbán to quit European politics soon.

Orbán's chances of staying in power were assessed on the FREEDOM TV channel by Mykhailo Pashkov, co-director of foreign policy and international security programmes at Razumkov Centre.

https://razumkov.org.ua/napriamky/videokomentari/polityka-yes-i-ugorskyi-faktor

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Mykhailo Pashkov

Co-Director, Foreign Relations and International Security Programmes

Born in 1958 in Roslavl, Smolensk oblast, Russia

Education:

Smolensk Institute of Pedagogy, Faculty of the Russian Language and Literature (1979)

Moscow Institute of Youth, Faculty of Journalism (1986)

Kyiv Institute of Political Science and Public Administration (1991)

Ph. D. in Philosophy; the author of more than 50 publications

1979 – 1989 — worked at different positions in district, regional and republican newspapers in Russia and Moldova

1991 – 1994 — worked in scientific institutions of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine

1994 – 1998 — Diplomatic Service at the Embassy of Ukraine in the Russian Federation

Since December 1999 — Razumkov Centre's Leading Expert

Diplomatic Rank: First Secretary. Most recent position in state structures — Chief Consultant, Analytical Service of Ukraine's NSDC Staff

(044) 206-85-08

pashkov@razumkov.org.ua