Euronews
“Who said that gallantry was only French?” far-right politician Marine Le Pen wrote on social media alongside a photo of Hungary’s Viktor Orbán greeting her as she embarked on her first official visit to the country.
Serenaded by musicians and placed alongside the Hungarian prime minister as his equal in a press conference, the French far-right presidential candidate was greeted with great fanfare in Budapest.
It remains to be seen whether this warm reception will translate into political success back at home, where she currently is polling just behind President Emmanuel Macron while facing a new challenge from far-right tv pundit Eric Zemmour, who is quickly gaining in opinion polls ahead of France’s April 2022 presidential elections.