The issue of immigration also factors into our next story from the Central European nation ofHungary. It held a general election Sunday that's expected to give the nation's incumbent leader, Prime Minister Viktor Orban another term. He and his political party had campaigned on anti-immigration platform. They've had enough support in the government to make major changes to Hungary's laws, increasing governmental control over the media, the bank, the high court and outside organizations.
下面來關注匈牙利,移民問題在這個中歐國家也是重要問題。周日,匈牙利舉行大選,預計匈牙利現任領導人歐爾班·維克托總理將獲得連任。他及其所在政黨在競選時宣揚反移民政策。他們已經得到了政府內部的足夠支持,可以對匈牙利的法律進行重大改動,增加政府對媒體、銀行、高級法院和外部組織的控制。
Hungary is part of the European Union, a political and economic partnership of 28 European countries, but E.U. leaders are concerned that Hungary's democracy is being weakened by its increasingly powerful government.
匈牙利是歐盟成員國,歐盟是由28個歐洲國家組成的政治經濟聯盟,不過歐盟領導人擔心匈牙利日益強大的政府會削弱其民主制。
PHIL BLACK, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Hungarian politics may not be on your radar, but this E.U. country is starting to drift away from the West, and back into Russia's sphere of influence.
CNN國際記者菲爾•布萊克:大家可能并沒有關注匈牙利的政治局勢,但是這個歐盟成員國已經開始背離西方體制,重返俄羅斯的勢力范圍。
This is Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban. Back in 1989, he was calling for Soviet troops to leave the country.
匈牙利總理是歐爾班•維克托。1989年時,他曾呼吁蘇聯軍隊離開匈牙利。
Fast forward, almost 30 years, and here he is, one of Russian President Vladimir Putin's closest allies.
時間快進到近30年后的今天,他成為了俄羅斯總統(tǒng)弗拉基米爾•普京最親密的盟友之一。
So, how did Orban go from pro-Western activist to Russian ally?
那歐爾班是如何從親西方派活動人士轉變?yōu)槎砹_斯盟友的?
Orban, like Putin, has consolidated control of the country's media. And Orban, like Putin, has cracked down on nongovernmental organizations. Russia's influence can be seen in other ways, too.
和普京一樣,歐爾班也控制著國家媒體。另外,和普京一樣,歐爾班也鎮(zhèn)壓了非政府組織。俄羅斯的影響力還體現在其他方面。
Back in 2014, Moscow made a $10.8 billion to Hungary. Ostensibly, it was to fund the expansion of Hungary's only nuclear Soviet era power plant.
2014年時,莫斯科向匈牙利投資108億美元。表面上,這筆資金用于擴建匈牙利唯一一座蘇聯時期的核電站。
But critics said it would only increase Hungary's dependence on Russia. The deal was finally given the go-ahead by the E.U. this year. Orban's government stands by its record and denies any Russian influence.
但是批評人士認為,這只會增加匈牙利對俄羅斯的依賴程度。這項交易最終在今年獲得了歐盟的批準。歐爾班領導的政府堅持其決定并否認俄羅斯的影響力。
ZOLTAN KOVACS, GOVERNMENT SPOKESPERSON: There's not one element of our policies and not one element of our decisions that can suggest to you that we are closer to Russia and Mr. Putin in any way that any Western European country.
匈牙利政府發(fā)言人佐爾丹•卡瓦奇斯:我們的政策和決定沒有任何一個要素會說明,相比于西方歐洲國家,我們與俄羅斯和普京先生更親近。
AZUZ: The issue of immigration also factors into our next story from the Central European nation of Hungary. It held a general election Sunday that's expected to give the nation's incumbent leader, Prime Minister Viktor Orban another term. He and his political party had campaigned on anti-immigration platform. They've had enough support in the government to make major changes to Hungary's laws, increasing governmental control over the media, the bank, the high court and outside organizations.
Hungary is part of the European Union, a political and economic partnership of 28 European countries, but E.U. leaders are concerned that Hungary's democracy is being weakened by its increasingly powerful government.
PHIL BLACK, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Hungarian politics may not be on your radar, but this E.U. country is starting to drift away from the West, and back into Russia's sphere of influence.
This is Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban. Back in 1989, he was calling for Soviet troops to leave the country.
Fast forward, almost 30 years, and here he is, one of Russian President Vladimir Putin's closest allies.
So, how did Orban go from pro-Western activist to Russian ally?
Orban, like Putin, has consolidated control of the country's media. And Orban, like Putin, has cracked down on nongovernmental organizations. Russia's influence can be seen in other ways, too.
Back in 2014, Moscow made a $10.8 billion to Hungary. Ostensibly, it was to fund the expansion of Hungary's only nuclear Soviet era power plant.
But critics said it would only increase Hungary's dependence on Russia. The deal was finally given the go-ahead by the E.U. this year. Orban's government stands by its record and denies any Russian influence.
ZOLTAN KOVACS, GOVERNMENT SPOKESPERSON: There's not one element of our policies and not one element of our decisions that can suggest to you that we are closer to Russia and Mr. Putin in any way that any Western European country.