Hungary's government will draft legislation to protect national sovereignty and, following the example of the new U.S. government, will uncover foreign funding channelled to Hungarian media, Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Monday.

Addressing lawmakers in parliament, PM Orban shared several important details about the government’s decisions.

The said announcement comes ahead of the 2026 elections and is a part of Orban's efforts to boost the country's birth rate.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban announced an income tax exemption for mothers of two or three children and said he would cap interest rates on housing loans at 5% from April as part of moves to shore up the economy ahead of a 2026 national election.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban (front C) speaks at the Hungarian Parliament in Budapest, Hungary on Feb. 24, 2025. (Photo by Attila Volgyi/Xinhua)

U.S. conservatives have looked to Hungary’s Viktor Orbán as an inspiration for a right-wing America, and the prime minister has become a close ally of President Donald Trump

Now is the time to think big and brave. That is why I suggest to you, to ourselves, that we make 2025 the year of breakthrough, Hungary's prime minister stressed.

Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó sat down for an interview with Newsweek, addressing Ukraine, Donald Trump and the rise of right-wing values.

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Hungary will be the one to decide whether Ukraine is able to achieve its hopes of joining the European Union in the future, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said Saturday in an escalation of his adversarial posture toward Hungary’s war-ravaged neighbor.

"I know that there are people from this Hungarian leader who have contact with people in President Trump's orbit, and are constantly raising questions... in regards to not expanding NATO into eastern Europe,

This photo released by the Hungarian Prime Minister's Press Office shows Prime Minister Viktor Orban speaking in his state-of-the-nation address (SONA) in Budapest, Hungary, Feb. 22, 2025. (Zoltan Fischer/MTI via Xinhua)

Hungary has announced a lifelong income tax exemption for mothers with at least two children, lowering the threshold from four. 'We are introducing