Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban championed Polish nationalist presidential candidate Karol Nawrocki at the CPAC Hungary conference on Thursday (May 29) and announced a "patriotic plan" that he said should "transform" the European Union.

Nationalist Orban, who has been a long-time ally of U.S. President Donald Trump, was addressing the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), the United States' most prominent conservative gathering, in Budapest.

"Long live Nawrocki," Orban said ahead of Sunday's second round of the Polish presidential election.

The candidate from Poland's ruling Civic Coalition (KO), Warsaw Mayor Rafal Trzaskowski, leads Nawrocki in the latest polls ahead of the vote.

Trump addressed the Budapest conference in a pre-recorded video message and called Orban a "great man".

Orban, who early next year faces the toughest election challenge since he swept to power in 2010, has scaled up his attacks on the media and LGBTQ+ people since Trump's inauguration in January.

On Thursday, he said Trump's re-election has "changed the world" and presented a plan to reshape the EU in a conservative fashion.

Orban again rejected EU membership for Ukraine, said he opposed joint European taxation or borrowing, and reiterated his stance on protecting national sovereignty.

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BUDAPEST, HUNGARY (MAY 29, 2025) (CPAC HUNGARY - Access All)

1. CONSERVATIVE POLITICAL ACTION CONFERENCE (CPAC) HUNGARY MEETING UNDERWAY

2. AUDIENCE LISTENING / MEN WEARING 'MADE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN' HATS

WASHINGTON D.C., UNITED STATES (RELEASED MAY 29, 2025) (CPAC HUNGARY - Access All)

3. A PRE-RECORDED VIDEO MESSAGE BY U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP BEING PLAYED

4. (SOUNDBITE) (English) U.S. PRESIDENT, DONALD TRUMP, SAYING: (SUBTITLES ADDED AT SOURCE)

"I want to congratulate Miklos Szantho and Matt Schlapp on the great job they do with CPAC Hungary. You know how I feel about Hungary, and you know how I feel about CPAC. I really respect and love them both. I also want to pay a very special regard to the leader of Hungary, Viktor Orban, who's a great man and highly respected by everybody. He's done a brilliant job of leading, and he's a very, very special person. And as far as CPAC is concerned, all over the world, they're respected as an organisation. They have conservative values, but those conservative values are very good values. And then I can tell you, they want strong borders, they want law and order, they want all of the things that you want. They feel strongly about the military. It's got to be fair, it's got to be just, it's got to be all of the things that you want."

BUDAPEST, HUNGARY (MAY 29, 2025) (CPAC HUNGARY - Access All)

5. HUNGARIAN PRIME MINISTER VIKTOR ORBAN AND AUDIENCE APPLAUDING

6. VARIOUS OF ORBAN TAKING STAGE

7. (SOUNDBITE) (Hungarian) HUNGARIAN PRIME MINISTER VIKTOR ORBAN SAYING: (PARTLY OVERLAID BY AUDIENCE LISTENING)

"He (former Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki) comes from a real battlefield, presidential elections are on Sunday in Poland. Long live (Karol) Nawrocki. If you want to know, friends, what true liberal democracy is like, ask him. In Poland, incredible things are happening. They trample on all European rules and constitutional principles. And does Brussels tolerate this? What tolerates? Supports! What a disgrace!"

8. ORBAN ADDRESSING AUDIENCE

9. (SOUNDBITE) (Hungarian) HUNGARIAN PRIME MINISTER VIKTOR ORBAN SAYING:

"Donald Trump won, the Trump tornado swept through the world, and completely changed it. It restored hope to the world. We will not drown in the sea of woke, we will not be overwhelmed by migrants. He restored the hope of normal life, the hope of peace. Many have helped him. Congratulations to those who were there at the fantastic American victory. This is the greatest comeback in the Western world's history. The one big beautiful comeback."

10. AUDIENCE APPLAUDING

11. (SOUNDBITE) (Hungarian) HUNGARIAN PRIME MINISTER VIKTOR ORBAN SAYING:

"Today in Europe, freedom is not threatened from outside, but they want to overthrow it from within. And everyone sees there is trouble. The whole setup is wobbling and crumbling. Change is needed; it cannot go on like this. Our opponents know this, too."

12. MEETING UNDERWAY

13. (SOUNDBITE) (Hungarian) HUNGARIAN PRIME MINISTER VIKTOR ORBAN SAYING: (PARTLY OVERLAID BY AUDIENCE LISTENING)

"A patriotic plan. It consists of four points. First, we want peace. We don’t need a new eastern front, therefore, we don’t need Ukraine’s European Union membership either. Secondly, we want sovereignty. We don’t want joint taxes, we don’t want joint borrowing, and we don’t want central economic control. And we don’t want our money sent to a third country’s war. Thirdly, we must defend freedom. We must return political, thinking, and opinion freedom to people, and fourthly, we want to take Europe back from migrants. We want a Christian culture, schools based on national principles, streets and neighbourhoods without fear. We want to be proud of our nations. This is the patriotic plan."

14. VARIOUS OF AUDIENCE APPLAUDING AND STANDING UP / ORBAN LEAVING STAGE