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"Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto has warned against 'shameless' intervention in Hungary's parliamentary election process, accusing Ukraine of campaigning to help opposition leader Peter Magyar and the Tisza Party. "More overt, more shameless, and more brutal foreign intelligence intervention is taking place in the Hungarian parliamentary election process than ever before. Death threats to the Prime Minister, wiretapping, black money, transporting hundreds of millions through Hungary," claimed Szijjarto during a rally in Tapolca on Thursday. "Oil blockade against Hungary, attempt at a complete energy blockade. These are all foreign intelligence interventions in the Hungarian parliamentary elections. We cannot allow this, it cannot be that foreign intelligence agencies decide Hungary's future," he said. The Hungarian government has also accused Ukraine of funding the opposition with millions in gold bars and cash seized from couriers in recent months, which Magyar described as a 'smear'. Zelensky was even accused of threatening Orban's life, saying he could give the PM's 'address' to his armed forces. The foreign minister also accused the European Union of attempting to 'militarise' the situation regarding the Druzhba pipeline, noting that EU officials rejected Hungarian and Slovakian requests to send technical experts to Ukraine to assess the pipeline. "The European Union's High Representative retorted that instead of sending experts, Hungarians and Slovaks should send soldiers to Ukraine. But we must make it clear, my friends, that we will not give up Hungarian youth to the Ukrainian war," he said, criticising what he framed as a shift away from practical energy solutions toward military escalation. It comes after Serbia reported explosive devices near the pipeline on its side at the weekend, with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic saying that 'explosives of devastating power' had been found. Hungary’s PM Viktor Orban called the TurkStream a 'lifeline' for his country, and said he would deploy 'reinforced military monitoring and protection' on his side of the pipeline. Szijjarto stressed that Hungary’s priority is maintaining stable oil supplies, describing energy security as a national interest rather than a geopolitical battlefield, citing the ongoing unrest in the Middle East. “Brussels is preparing for April 15th, next Wednesday, three days after the Hungarian parliamentary elections, to impose a complete ban on Russian oil imports in Europe. There will be no Arab oil coming, no Russian oil, there will be an oil shortage in Europe, there will be a gas shortage in Europe, and prices will rise sharply in Europe. We cannot allow this,” he added. The Druzhba pipeline remains a critical route for Russian oil supplies into Central Europe, and any disruption has direct consequences for Hungary’s economy and fuel market. US Vice President JD Vance's two-day visit to Hungary marked the latest in a series of sharp criticisms of Brussels and the European Union. At the 2025 Munich Security Conference, he launched a blistering attack on what he called the "enemy within" Europe, accusing elites in Brussels of waging war on free speech and traditional values, while seeking to silence dissent on issues such as migration. Viktor Orban's government has accused Brussels and Ukraine of attempting to interfere in Sunday's vote to elect a more 'EU-and Kiev-friendly' administration, a claim which both the EU and Ukraine have denied."
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