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Conference of U.S. conservatives opens in Orban’s Hungary

The chairman of the Conservative Political Action Coalition (CPAC), Matt Schlapp, delivers the welcome speech at the CPAC conference in Budapest, Hungary, Thursday, May 19, 2022. Dozens of prominent conservatives from Europe, the United States and elsewhere have gathered in Hungary for the American Conservative Political Action Conference, being held in Europe for the first time. The two-day event represents a deepening of ties between the American right wing and the autocratic government of Prime Minister Viktor Orban. (Szilard Koszticsak/MTI via AP) American television host and conservative political commentator Tucker Carlson is seen on screen delivering a speech at the CPAC conference in Budapest, Hungary, Thursday, May 19, 2022. Dozens of prominent conservatives from Europe, the United States and elsewhere have gathered in Hungary for the American Conservative Political Action Conference, being held in Europe for the first time. The two-day event represents a deepening of ties between the American right wing and the autocratic government of Prime Minister Viktor Orban. (Szilard Koszticsak/MTI via AP) US political commentator Gavin Wax, President of the New York Young Republican Club, speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) event in Budapest, Hungary, Thursday, May 19, 2022. Dozens of prominent conservatives from Europe, the United States and elsewhere have gathered in Hungary for the American Conservative Political Action Conference, being held in Europe for the first time. The two-day event represents a deepening of ties between the American right wing and the autocratic government of Prime Minister Viktor Orban. (Tibor Illyes/MTI via AP) Ernst Roets, Deputy CEO of the South African NGO AfriForum, speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) event in Budapest, Hungary, Thursday, May 19, 2022. Dozens of prominent conservatives from Europe, the United States and elsewhere have gathered in Hungary for the American Conservative Political Action Conference, being held in Europe for the first time. The two-day event represents a deepening of ties between the American right wing and the autocratic government of Prime Minister Viktor Orban. (Tibor Illyes/MTI via AP) David Reaboi, Lead Associate of the US think tank The Claremont Institute, speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) event in Budapest, Hungary, Thursday, May 19, 2022. Dozens of prominent conservatives from Europe, the United States and elsewhere have gathered in Hungary for the American Conservative Political Action Conference, being held in Europe for the first time. The two-day event represents a deepening of ties between the American right wing and the autocratic government of Prime Minister Viktor Orban. (Tibor Illyes/MTI via AP) Valerie Huber of the US, Founder and President of the Institute for Women's Health, delivers a speech at the CPAC conference in Budapest, Hungary, Thursday, May 19, 2022. Dozens of prominent conservatives from Europe, the United States and elsewhere have gathered in Hungary for the American Conservative Political Action Conference, being held in Europe for the first time. The two-day event represents a deepening of ties between the American right wing and the autocratic government of Prime Minister Viktor Orban. (Tibor Illyes/MTI via AP) From left, Istvan Kovacs, Strategic Director of the Center for Fundamental Rights, Jerzy Kwasniewszky, President of the Polish Catholic organisation and think tank Ordo Iuris, Alvino-Mario Fantini, Editor-in-Chief of the Italian bi-annual publication The European Conservative, and Eugene Kontorovich, President of the Israeli think tank Kohelet Policy Forum, attend the CPAC conference in Budapest, Hungary, Thursday, May 19, 2022. Dozens of prominent conservatives from Europe, the United States and elsewhere have gathered in Hungary for the American Conservative Political Action Conference, being held in Europe for the first time. The two-day event represents a deepening of ties between the American right wing and the autocratic government of Prime Minister Viktor Orban. (Tibor Illyes/MTI via AP) US Executive Director of the Center for Immigration Studies, Mark Krikorian, delivers a speech at the CPAC conference in Budapest, Hungary, Thursday, May 19, 2022. Dozens of prominent conservatives from Europe, the United States and elsewhere have gathered in Hungary for the American Conservative Political Action Conference, being held in Europe for the first time. The two-day event represents a deepening of ties between the American right wing and the autocratic government of Prime Minister Viktor Orban. (Tibor Illyes/MTI via AP) Francesco Giubilei, President of the Italian conservative foundation Fondazione Tatarella and of the cultural movement Nazione Futura, delivers a speech at the CPAC conference in Budapest, Hungary, Thursday, May 19, 2022. Dozens of prominent conservatives from Europe, the United States and elsewhere have gathered in Hungary for the American Conservative Political Action Conference, being held in Europe for the first time. The two-day event represents a deepening of ties between the American right wing and the autocratic government of Prime Minister Viktor Orban. (Tibor Illyes/MTI via AP) Former United States Senator and member of the Republican Party, Rick Santorum, delivers a speech at the CPAC conference in Budapest, Hungary, Thursday, May 19, 2022. Dozens of prominent conservatives from Europe, the United States and elsewhere have gathered in Hungary for the American Conservative Political Action Conference, being held in Europe for the first time. The two-day event represents a deepening of ties between the American right wing and the autocratic government of Prime Minister Viktor Orban. (Szilard Koszticsak/MTI via AP) The founder of the Brexit Party, Nigel Farage, is seen on screens delivering a speech via a videolink at the CPAC conference in Budapest, Hungary, Thursday, May 19, 2022. Dozens of prominent conservatives from Europe, the United States and elsewhere have gathered in Hungary for the American Conservative Political Action Conference, being held in Europe for the first time. The two-day event represents a deepening of ties between the American right wing and the autocratic government of Prime Minister Viktor Orban. (Szilard Koszticsak/MTI via AP)