Orbán and Vučić in the 2022 electoral campaign: A mutually beneficial partnership
This special report examined the role of political partnership between Viktor Orbán and Aleksandar Vučić during the 2022 election campaigns in Hungary and Serbia. Media analysis of the joint opening of Belgrade-Novi Sad high-speed railway on 19 March shows that Orbán had played a role of the international legitimization and support of Vučić, while at the same contributed to his standing among Hungarians in Serbia. Meanwhile, Serbian pro-government media were, almost without exception, supportive of Orbán, who enjoys a high degree of popularity in Serbia, during the campaign.
