BUDAPEST: Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, gearing up for a tough election in April, said on Friday (Jan 16) he would launch a "national petition" seeking backing for his policy of rejecting EU funding for neighbouring Ukraine as it fights a Russian invasion. With the war showing no sign of ending and Hungary's economy stagnating, Orban has framed the election as a choice between war and peace, portraying Ukraine as undeserving of support and his government as the only safeguard against