{"id":1170016,"date":"2026-08-26T08:31:16","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T08:31:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1170016\/"},"modified":"2026-08-26T08:31:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T08:31:16","slug":"orbans-eu-influence-comes-to-an-abrupt-end-as-cash-dries-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1170016\/","title":{"rendered":"Orban\u2019s EU influence comes to an abrupt end as cash dries up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban\u2019s power network in his home country isn\u2019t the only one being dismantled \u2014 a political operation he spent years building in Brussels is also coming undone.<\/p>\n<p>During his 16 years as Hungary\u2019s leader, Orban was a dominant figure in the European Union\u2019s de facto capital. He cast himself as the standard-bearer for Europe\u2019s hard-right and poured millions into organizations within the Brussels bubble that offered allies a platform and training ground.<\/p>\n<p>Now, the symbols of these efforts are at risk as new Hungarian Prime Minister Peter Magyar pulls funding and takes control.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban\u2019s power network in his home country isn\u2019t the only one being dismantled&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1170017,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5174],"tags":[2000,299,5187,11854,1781],"class_list":["post-1170016","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-eu","tag-eu","tag-europe","tag-european","tag-peter-magyar","tag-viktor-orban"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/117160882203658590","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1170016","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1170016"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1170016\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1170017"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1170016"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1170016"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1170016"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}