Video. Fact-checking JD Vance’s claims that Brussels is ‘harming Hungary’

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Fact-checking JD Vance’s claims that Brussels is ‘harming Hungary’

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Is Brussels crippling the Hungarian economy and making Budapest less energy independent? JD Vance’s speech in Budapest makes several misleading claims.

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