, hungary. it's been home to everyone from composer franz liszt, to inventor erno rubik, creator of games for the world's loneliest children. it may be one country over from an active war zone, but hungary is a world capital of art, music and culture. and i was fitting right in. right now, they're also embracing right wing nationalism, which is why american conservatives are so enamored with hungary. when i arrived it was a national holiday. basically, hungary's version of july 4th, except with more fingers intact. today is the revolution day. it celebrates at 1848 when they pushed back against the hapsburg and i should have bought a guidebook instead of trying to watch "tenet" on the plane. what happens in "tenet" again? there was an election underway. so even though this was a national holiday, prime minister viktor orban was using the event as a political rally. in the 12 years since he took power, viktor orban has reshaped the country's judiciary. built a fence along the southern border to k

, much bigger than hungary . multiples of rus the size of hungary . but in whatun sense isga he a pn stooge or was one of the veryhe first leaders in europe to w denounce the russian invasion of ukraine? oh , that was in the cnn piece.pi and byec the way, how is it that the thoratec region just won a landslide in ast nationwie election? >> why is viktor orban an authoritarian, a professor fascist and not just anun unusually popular prime minister elected for the fourth time? so to answerusr a question, orban's critics have to make stuff up. you officialsba, for example, ae reportedly upset. this is a brisk whatever quote the mr. orban has used his majority in parliament to rewrite election laws, redraw voting districts and permit mail in ballots without identity verification . so orban so it turns out if authoritarian you might let people vote by mail and then cannot be allowed c in hungary. he's an authoritarian for doing that . unbelievable. now kasonon stanley, it confirms one genius who apparently teaches at

with russia which is much bigger than hungary, multiple the size of hungary but in what sense is he a putin stooge? he was one of the first leaders in europe to denounce the russian invasion of ukraine. that wasn't in the cnn piece, and how is it an authoritarian just won a landslide in a nationwide election? why is viktor orban an 0 authoritarian and not just an unusually popular prime minister elected for the fourth time? to answer that question orban's critics have to make stuff up. they are reportedly upset that mr. orban has used his majority in parliament to rewrite election laws, redraw voting districts and permit mail-in ballots without identity verification. so orban, it turns out, you might let people vote by mail and that cannot be allowed in hungary. he's an authoritarian for doing that. unbelievable. jason stanley, a confirmedion genius who apparently teaches at yale university, offered this assessment which is equally hilarious. savor this. if you control the education system the media and courts, you can rule forever enriching your family and friends. really? what's i

hungary is a member of both. underviktor nato. hungary is a member of both. under viktor 0rban, nato. hungary is a member of both. underviktor 0rban, it is becoming increasingly isolated. faced with moscow, the western allies want to present a united front. by winning hungary's collection, viktor 0rban remains an unpredictable thorn in their side. remains an unpredictable thorn in their side. long queues at manchester and london's heathrow airports continued over the weekend and around 100 easyjet flights have been cancelled today amid staff shortages. the airline said the cancellations made up a small part of its schedule and is down to staff being off sick with covid. some passengers have reported waiting hours to check—in and get through security. we'll have more on this in our business news in about 20 minutes time. sri lanka's president is due to meet the prime minister — his brother mahinda — later today to discuss the continuing unrest in the country. he is also expected to discuss the formation of a new cabinet following sunday night's resignati

the world is stacked against hungary and only i can protect you. like, hungary first. that voter is expressing these fears that we have to stay out but this attitude that he promotes is a kind of -- it leads to more xenophobia, leads to more paranoia. and that is exactly the kind of attitude that right-wing politicians like him need in voters so they can stay in power. amy: i wanted to go back to last october when fox news host tucker carlson broadcast nightly from budapest and interviewed the hungarian prime minister orban, and asked him about his anti-immigrant policies. >> of somebody across your border, you have to defend your country. if you like to cross or come, there is a legal procedure. we have to do it. you cannot cross without any kind of limitation and permission and contribution and control of the hungarian state. it is dangerous. you have to defendour people against any danger. >> and you think you have a right to do that? >> of course. it is coming from go nature, argument with us because this is our country, this is our population, our history, our lan

i let's really see what that final verdict is here in hungary money . the war in ukraine cast a shadow over the election, of course, or talk to us about what role it played in the campaign. the war a neighboring ukraine cannot be ignored. it could not be ignored, neither by the government, nobody opposition allies. it the alta actually to political context in which the selection to place and the way the government handle this issue is trying to cater both to those voters who read out more or less conditioned actually to like the fact that hungary is really much very much alive. economically with russia, but also promised to victor alba was trying to cater to those voters, especially the undecided voters, given this message of bees that hungary is going to stay out of the school. so yes, the one ukraine definitely played a role whether that actually was the decision making factor here for primaries to victor alba land the super majority vector, victor in parliament, day behind me is up to be is to be decided and analyzed. but it certainly didn't hurt him

pÉter: before he was lying about us wanting to bring in migrants to hungary. now he is lying about us wanting to send kids to die in ukraine. it's disgusting and distasteful. reporter: accusations, falsehoods, provocations. for marton gulyas, these are incentive enough to take a stand, and reveal the urgent need for independent reporting during this election campaign. marton: i would be able to do my work in a better way if government-related people would accept my invitation. this kind of a bubble, which they artificially created around the government-related voters, it hurts not just the entire society, but especially those voters. reporter: and so marton gulyas and his mobile tv studio head back on the road. they plan many more broadcasts between now and election day. peter: well clearly opposition has still got a lot of work to do if it is going to push orbÁn hard in april's vote. and for now, that was all on this edition of "“focus on europe.” do come back next time round. until then, bye-bye, and tschÜss. ♪ [captioning performed by the national c

so who is on hungary, his candidate list? the front runner, laden by a small margin, a sitting president victor or burn leader of the ruling party. that has been in power for 12 years dubbed an autocrat and a 21st century dictator by the west, or were in has long been a thorn in the use side. had to these his conservative pro family, anti algebra, t and anti migrant values. but what's even more crucial ukraine organs neutral line was seen by some as coziness with putting, although he joined e u sanctions. he refused to ban rush and gas emperors or send arms to key f. do others? do hesitate whether to impose sanctions or not? do you hazarded whether to work weapons through or not? do you hazarded whether to trade with rush or not? there is no time to hesitate. it's time to decide already. the war of war is, has now gone further. will ukraine's deputy prime minister suggesting that budapest itself, once a chunk of ukraine and territory. hungary does not support the sanctions. they don't provide weapons. they don't allow transit

is popular in hungary. a democracy that is working with popular consent. here's what he said. >> what is representing, this government was some tweaks and tricks, enjoy genuine popular support. what has represented a broad come of this government enjoy popular support and is in power only because of scheming and curtailing freedoms. >> tucker: that is the george soros guy admitting that. why are they trying to tell us that hungary is a scape customer it may be because hungary's government tries to serves the needs of their own people. why is our government not doing that for me. we went to hungary and talked about the biden administration's claims that he is some kind of fascist. here's his response. >> when the president of the united states describes you as a totalitarian thug which is a very serious thing to say about someday, i would note, that suggests that why wouldn't the biden state department work to prevent you from being reelected? >> sooner or later the americans realize that it is better for th

pÉter: before he was lying about us wanting to bring in migrants to hungary. now he is lying about us wanting to send kids to die in ukraine. it's disgusting and distasteful. reporter: accusations, falsehoods, provocations. for marton gulyas, these are incentive enough to take a stand, and reveal the urgent need for independent reporting during this election campaign. marton: i would be able to do my work in a better way if government-related people would accept my invitation. this kind of a bubble, which they artificially created around the government-related voters, it hurts not just the entire society, but especially those voters. reporter: and so marton gulyas and his mobile tv studio head back on the road. they plan many more broadcasts between now and election day. peter: well clearly opposition has still got a lot of work to do if it is going to push orbÁn hard in april's vote. and for now, that was all on this edition of "“focus on europe.” do come back next time round. until then, bye-bye, and tschÜss. ♪ [captioning performed by the national c

which according to him, is a more of the same that he, a sees, is a prosper future of hungary. so yes, it pretty much looks like that he sealed a bag already bought the final results are not in yet. however, looking at these are paul show results. everything indicates at this point he may even have a 2 thirds majority for a 4th consecutive term. well, funny victor or bon is known to have close ties with russia's president vladimir putin and, or been even pledged to keep hungry out of the war in ukraine. did this help him in this election and close darzy miley put because he's a very close friend of vladimir putin promise to victor alba has also very strong economic ties with rochelle. probably one of the reasons also that he really put very my toe on when the war broke out, cooling is a military action that hungary condemns, but he never personally attacked a bloody mer put in or him as the leader basically, of this aggression against, against a ukraine, whether this was the main factor by promised to victor alba has scored so well a those 5 know the final results are not in ye

hungary left to take over the government. they would immediately begin shipments and they would immediately vote in favor of sanctions on oil and gas shipment. all those accused denied the claim, but it turns just how heated things ahead of the vote off and how the you credit question overshadows at all. so who is on hungary is candidate list the front runner leading by a small margin. he's sitting president victor or been leader of the ruling party that has been in power for 12 years dogged an autocrat and the 21st century dictator by the west. oregon has long been a thorn in the us side. had to these his conservative pro, family, anti l g b, t and anti migrant values. but what's even more crucial ukraine organs of neutral line was seen by some as coziness with putting although he joined you sanctions. she refused to ban russian guys, emperors or send arms to key f. that will do you, has it a, whether to impose sanctions or not? do you hazard aid whether to weapons through or not? do you, has it a, whether to trade with rush

he and hungary fitted is in believe it $121.00 mandates. but be careful. they obviously because this is just a survey. so we do not really know actually want the final result is going to be, be hope be than an hour or so. we will have at least the preliminary results in one way or the other, but counting is on the way. and really, the question is just how much actually that was in neighboring ukraine is influencing or has influenced borders as their cast belo. today, what we do know that the border person participation is going to be quite the same . it was 4 years ago near the, around that 70 percent mark there. and the opposition parties actually meekly, especially the opposition allies there. the higher that will to participation the higher the probability also that they actually have a bigger chance in this people here. way. i'm right now where the support is of feet, isn't politicians fit as a waiting for the results to come in. they are quite self confident, actually thinking that they are going to win again, but will they, this is what the night is

pÉter: before he was lying about us wanting to bring in migrants to hungary. now he is lying about us wanting to send kids to die in ukraine. it's disgusting and distasteful. reporter: accusations, falsehoods, provocations. for marton gulyas, these are incentive enough to take a stand, and reveal the urgent need for independent reporting during this election campaign. marton: i would be able to do my work in a better way if government-related people would accept my invitation. this kind of a bubble, which they artificially created around the government-related voters, it hurts not just the entire society, but especially those voters. reporter: and so marton gulyas and his mobile tv studio head back on the road. they plan many more broadcasts between now and election day. peter: well clearly opposition has still got a lot of work to do if it is going to push orbÁn hard in april's vote. and for now, that was all on this edition of "“focus on europe.” do come back next time round. until then, bye-bye, and tschÜss. ♪ [captioning performed by the national c

all hungary is a neighbor, serbia is also deciding whether to give its leader another term in office. long lines formed at pulling stations and a vote expected to reelect president alexander who judge, bus service hopes of join. the european union could be dented by his refusal to impose sanctions on russia. opposition groups have mostly held back from calling for tough action. while warring parties in yemen have laid down their weapons in the 1st nation wide truce since 2016 years of war have left hundreds of thousands dead and millions displaced. the united nation says the war has triggered the worst humanitarian disaster in the world in the yemen. e, capital santa people prepare for ramadan for the 1st time since 2014. the muslim holy month takes place under conditions of peace. the warring parties have agreed to hold all military activity in yemen and along its borders. in our online, the church is wonderful for us and the region in general, the peninsula and the gulf. it's a great thing and we hope that the truth will last not only for 2 months, but rather permanently because peo

his face accusations were routing democracy in hungary, throughout his 12 years. as prime minister let's hear what oregon had to say about his victory. oh god, i do them at all. we have won a victory so big that you can see it from the moon. and you can certainly see it from brussels. our correspond it funny thought shaw is in budapest. funny. 6 opposition parties from across hungary political spectrum teamed up to challenge or been yet he pulled off a resounding victory. how did he do it? if you ask his supporters, those people who voted for him because he simply used that political message of putting hungary firs than serving hungarian interests. this is something by the way that primary civic to albany has been campaigning all the while. he's been in office in 2010 for the past 3 terms and now followed by a 4th consecutive turn. so that really resonated well among those voters who really want to see hungary as a very sovereign contribute in the european union. more sovereignty, even a strong was standing there. something at that prime is to victor alba has been

what is the draw of hungary? why do we see tucker carlson go there and speak from hungary >> well, that was the question we were trying to answer when we went there i think, quite honestly, they have a leader, viktor orban, who has been called "a more competent trump. steve bannon called him trump before trump," and he sort of created this conservative wonderland over there. he's been in power for 12 years, something i think trump would love to do >> seth: mm-hmm. >> he's used wedge issues to get people on board. right now, the lgbtq issues are something he's codified in the constitution, taking away rights from that community. he's starting to equate homosexuality to pedophilia. he's creating sort of a scare over there that's getting people out to the polls and what you start to see is, like, nationalism is starting to reign in hungary and i think conservatives in america look over there and they see somebody who has the power they want, is perhaps a smarter version of the man they had in charge and is able to p

. - hungary, is on the forefront. - when you see people like leaders in, like, hungary, talking and speaking the way that donald trump did when he was in office, it inspires me. - i think hungary is a positive example about how being a competent conservative can really do wonderful things for our country. - that's right. conservatives here were looking for inspiration from hungary, the central european country that's been steadily sliding away from democracy under its right wing leader, viktor orban. trump has endorsed orban twice, and tucker carlson has done a week of shows and a special about hungary. - it's not my job to defend hungary, only to learn from it as an american and try and hold up the lessons for us to emulate. - cpac was even doing a special event in may from the capital budapest, and then invited conservatives from hungary to speak here in orlando. - you cannot make a country great or great again without freedom. - so why are conservatives so interested in a country that's been heading toward autocracy? one that's been penalized by the eu for its human rights record? does hu

so, what's next for hungary in — countries. so, what's next for hungary in terms _ countries. so, what's next for hungary in terms of - countries. so, what's next for hungary in terms of its - countries. so, what's next for. hungary in terms of its political direction? do we see more of the same? given what viktor 0rban has to say about president zelensky, what happens with that position of apparent neutrality? as this war continues?— apparent neutrality? as this war continues? ~ ., ~ ., continues? well, what mr orban would sa is that continues? well, what mr orban would say is that his — continues? well, what mr orban would say is that his government, _ continues? well, what mr orban would say is that his government, his - say is that his government, his country has been supporting, for example, ukrainian refugees, half a million people have come here. but there is another issue here, which is more troubling for hungary and the hungarian government, which is that hungary as 100,000, 150,000 hungarians living as citizens of ukraine. many of those people have already left s

neighbor of hungary. orbon is still trying to stop brussels and not putin so we asked him to stop putin instead of brussels. >> reporter: chuck, orbon is of course an authoritarian leader. he's been in power here for more than a decade. he has a strong grip on the state institutions here in hungary, has control over much of the media. i asked the opposition leader do you stand a real chance? he said this is not a fair fight but we can still win and take back this country. >> thanks very much. i'm now joined by state department spokesperson ned price. ned, it is good to have you on. let me start with a simple question. officially does the u.s. government believe that a free and fair election is being held this weekend in hungary? >> well, chuck, we'll be watching very closely as we always do. we expect to see a free and fair election but we'll be in a position to judge that after the election is completed. >> do we have observers on the ground, u.s. observers? >> chuck, i couldn't speak to whether we have

this ad saying, quote, we want hungary to be a western country again. if you are voting for orban, you're voting for putin. or this one saying, quote, orban, tell your friend of 12 years don't kill. orban has undeniably supported putin, vetoing sanctions against moscow over the years, and expanding the russian-hungarian partnership. >> russian policies of viktor orban, which are a very important building block of his entire political vision are now exposed. >> reporter: and with putin's popularity plummeting, the opposition calculus is simple. orban plus putin equals a winning political strategy. but not so fast. because orban is fighting back. call it a flip flop, call it a pivot but orban is no longer putin's best buddy. even though he is not openly criticizing him personally, the hungarian leader went along with initial eu sanctions against russia, has described the invasion as russian aggression, and despite being vehemently anti-immigrant for years now, has let in hundreds of thousands of ukrainian refugees in the past few weeks. he says we are a g

let's talk about hungary for a moment. for weeks hungary has been welcoming refugees from ukraine over their shared border, offering them food and shelter. theirs is not the best response neighboring countries have giving to ukrainians. and it's operated almost entirely by civil society and non-governmental organizations like churches and the red cross, not by the government. that said they aren't actually beating the refugees and building fences to keep them out, which is a contrast to the nation's closed border response to the syrian refugees in 2015. the ways to describe this change, a certain brown bespeckled host on msnbc called it racism but hungary has complained about that. but the government doesn't want to let facts get in the way of a really important election. like many racist policies they've come up with a creative way of explaining how the syrian and the ukrainian refugees are so different. joining me live from budapest is raf sanchez. you spoke with a government minister about why the syrians and refugees a

so who is on hungary? his candidate list. the front runner lead in by a small margin is sitting president, victor oren, leader of the ruling party that has been in power for 12 years dubbed an autocrat and the 21st century dictator by to west orange has long been a thorn in the use side had to these his conservative pro family anti eligibility and anti migrant values. but what's even more crucial ukraine or runs neutral line was seen by some as coziness with putting. although he joined e u sanctions. he refused to ban rush and gas emperors or send arms to key f. a. do our civil, do you hazard a whether to impose sanctions or not? do you hazarded whether to work weapons through or not? do you hazarded whether to trade with rush or not? there is no time to hesitate. it's time to decide already. the war of war has now gone further. will ukraine's deputy prime minister suggesting that budapest itself, once a chunk of ukraine and territory? hungary does not support the sanctions. they don't provide weapons. they don't allow transi

the petition of czechoslovakia by germany, poland, and hungary, the beginning of world war 2. having realized the danger in march 1939, the soviet union proposed an anti fascist alliance to western countries. this i've been trying to rally the west. make a stand with them against fascism. they opposed munich. they oppose allowing hitler in to check with some of our f. but nobody would do that. so wasn't just in 1939 when the soviet proposed and elias britain and france against hitler, it had been actually throughout this they late last half of the 19 thirty's that the soviets were pushing for that. had that happened, we could have stopped hitler, we could have prevented the holocaust. we could have prevent the world war 2 because hitler was weak and knew he was weak and he was bluffing. and assuming that the west was not going to stand up to him at the west, was hoping in many rural elements in the west, we're hoping that he was just going to go east and so in the thirty's, the soviets are the ones who are most strongly opposed to the nazis ah ah, need to come to the russian s

a funny this election has been called in hungary, the most important in a generation. what is at stake there? important on so many levels for one of course, because of the opposition alliance that came together for the very 1st time in alliance of part is from the left and from the right political spectrum that came together for the swan goal to alice prime minister victor alban. but it is quite special because if you look at the pools and actually the head of one poster, just came out saying that the margin is going to be narrower than they expect from previous balls. that really tells you that everybody is coming to this pulling station one of 10000 here in hungary, every vote really count. so people balls are those who support the government, but those to support the opposition parties agree actually on one fact that every vote counts and they need to turn out to support their they are at their party. so the respective choices. as a result, it's really very unpredictable. what's going to happen, even though no pull at this point, put a position apart, is your positi

invaded czechoslovakia before hitler invaded poland because poland and hungary work and already with the nazis and france in england basically threw czechoslovakia under the bus. and they don't really want us to remember that part you see, but they just abandon them and. and again, if hadn't been for stolen coming on the eastern front, they would abandon a lot more people in eastern europe as well. mm hm. on september the 19th 2019, the european parliament adopted a resolution stating that it was germany in the u. s. i saw that pain the way for world war 2 holiday with you and us mock think it doesn't. it doesn't get auto us in biological mando house poor in the guns stock, thought lobbyist most the time i buy a cent extreme. and that's in i list the shift with that. not everyone in the you agree is with the official line. those new vanya starting that door she to lead r e 0 vanya and i get scared, go, come when use what i just get go. sociology is more z m, yet scheme. now jesus, your stop signal enough, bud wash, custodian us to go to pull. there's fear to zeniah e. nip of you know

and according to that survey by one pool, he and hungary fit it is in the lead with 121 mandates. but be careful. they obviously because this is just a survey, so we do not really know actually want the final result is going to be, be hope be than an hour or so. we will have at least the preliminary results in one way or the other. but counting is on the way, and really the question is just how much actually that war in neighboring ukraine is influencing or has influenced borders as a caster bellow today, what we do now that the voter participation is going to be quite the same as it was 4 years ago, near the, around that 70 percent mark there and the opposition parties actually make the, especially the opposition allies the, the higher that go to participation. the higher the probability also that they actually have a bigger chance in this people here way. i'm right now where the support is a fit, as in politicians, if it is a waiting for the results to come in, they are quite self confident. actually thinking that they are going to win again, but will they, this is, was denied i

host: hungary, is that a free country? viktor orban was just reelected. guest: we rank hungary as partially free. we were concerned by tactics mr. orban -- is a common tactic of dictators and authoritarians, it is not about stuffing a ballot box. it is about setting up a system in your favor. in hungary opposition had hardly any airtime, media is not free and independent, there are challenges to traditional independence. we see that beyond hungary. host: vladimir putin was elected by a big majority of russians. there? -- fair? guest: you could say it was not a fair election. you have opposition politicians in prison or poisoned. what we saw vladimir putin doing ukraine is a big example of why these issues matter to us in democracies far from russia. a lot of folks thought the invasion could not happen and it did. host: annie boyajian prior to the region -- prior to the invasion, where did you rank ukraine? guest: we have ranked as partly free. we have noted struggles with corruption but ukraine was on the right path. they had worked to start addressing th

he is faced accusations of eroding democracy in hungary during his 12 years as prime minister and his class with the european union over rule of law standards. after initially condemning russia's attack on ukraine or run, has kept hungry, neutral in its stance over the war. d. w is funny, for sure, is in the hungarian capital budapest and told us more she's a very close friend of vladimir putin promised civic to oberon has also very strong economic ties with rochelle. probably one of the reasons also that he really put they are very my torn when the war broke out, quoting is a military action that hungary condemns. but he never personally attacked a bloody mur poochie in him as the lead. basically of this aggression against, against a ukraine, whether this was the main factor i promised to victor alba has scored so well. those 5 know the final results are not in yet. is a question. it will be answered by observe us by analysts certainly didn't hurt him . he was actually playing this move to perspective narrative trying to cater to those who actually are conditioned to support him beca

voters in hungary head to the polls as its leader, viktor orban, looks to extend his 12—year—rule. here in the uk, the conservative party has suspended one of its mps following claims about his conduct. the music industry's biggest night, the grammys takes place later today. and the biggest cooking oil bottler for uk shops says it only has a few weeks supply of sunflower oil left, as supplies are disrupted because of the war in ukraine. there's growing international condemnation of what appears to be the systematic killing of ukrainian civilians by retreating russian forces near kyiv. on saturday western journalists in bucha, irpin and hostomel saw bodies strewn along roads. a senior aide to president zelensky described it as a massacre and the president of the european council, charles michel has condemned what he called russian atrocities — and pledged further sanctions on moscow. in other developments there have been a number of explosions in the southern port of odesa, and the the international red cross has said it will try again to evacuate civilians from the beseiged city

how to come out of this isolation that i think is unprecedented in hungary's history. reporter:'s friendship with vladimir putin is expected to be on ice for the foreseeable future, and there is more controversy now about another issue with russia. only days before the elections, a cyberspace espionage scandal broke out. hackers said to be linked to russian intelligence agencies reported to have accessed all the computer systems of hungary's foreign ministry, and they are also said to have access to encrypted channels that sometimes transmit information from nato and the european union. the report relates to documents acquired by the direct 36, online publisher. the editor says the article feels the hacking was going on for 10 years, right up to and including the start of russia's war in ukraine. >> the reporting suggests that hungary was used as kind of like a backdoor, and they wanted to have access to e.u. and nato documentations, probably that is why one of the targets was the foreign ministry. reporter: the report has been dismissed by the government as election c

. >> hungary is on the fore front. >> when you see people like leaders in hungary talking and speaking the way that donald trump did when he was in office. it inspires me. >> i think hungary say positive example of how it confidence conservative can do wonderful thing force a country. >> conservatives here were looking for insurance operation from hungary, the central european country that has been steadily sliding away from gem october see under its right wing leader victor orban, trump has endorsed him twice and tucker charlson has done a week of shows and special about hungary. >> is someone out to defend hungary only to learn from it as an american and hold us lessons to emanate emulate. >> c pac is doing it. >> god bless you, god bless america, god bless hungary and let's go brandon. >> so i decided to pack a backpack full of rapid tests and trevor's amx card to finger the pulse international style. >> i arrived in beautiful bud a best-- budapest to find out how similar these two movements really are. >> what do you think about what is happening with ukraine. >> what happened ther

not hungary. not poland. germany. many of our colleagues when we meet in nato parliamentary assembly meetings express concern about their own internal challenges to their own democratic institutions. and it is simply false that we are somehow selecting any particular country. . and we recognize we have work to do in showing up and building democratic institutions even within the alliance, that we can't take it for granted. what we say is democracy is resilient but can also be fragile. and that's what this reference is about and would be recognized by virtually every nato member as such. so while i certainly can understand mr. harris wanting to express a concern, i would hope we have debunked it because it is nowhere even close to being what he has characterized. i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from ohio is recognized. >> i yield the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from ohio yields the balance. the gentleman from virginia is recognized. mr. connolly: