JD Vance’s claims about Orbán, the EU and Hungary fact-checked

US vice-president said bloc tried to ‘destroy’ the country’s economy, though Hungary is net recipient of EU fundsDuring his recent visit to Budapest, where he heaped praise on the Hungarian prime minister, Viktor Orbán, days before the country’s decisive election, the US vice-president, JD Vance, claimed the EU was responsible for “one of the worst examples of election interference” he had ever seen.Standing alongside Orbán, Vance said: “The bureaucrats in Brussels have tried to destroy the econ...