Prime Minister Viktor Orban's defeat in the Hungarian parliamentary elections has sent a signal to the European far right to reconsider their stance on US President Donald Trump, reports Politico.

Trump's support, including US Vice President JD Vance’s participation in the election campaign, has not helped Orban and could have negatively affected his results. This has raised concerns among European far-right parties that close ties with Washington are harming their electoral prospects.

“We need to keep our distance [from Trump],” France’s Marine Le Pen told her fellow far-right National Rally lawmakers at a meeting, according to a senior party official in attendance. Similar sentiments are growing in other countries, too.

An additional factor was Trump's conflict with Pope Leo, as well as criticism from Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, who has since also begun to distance herself from her former closeness to him.

According to analysts, European voters increasingly perceive US policy as a source of problems amid the war in the Middle East and rising energy prices. In these conditions, connecting with Trump is becoming a political risk.

European right-wing parties, including the Alternative for Germany (AfD), are already reconsidering their strategy, reducing ties with American allies.

As per experts, the alliance with the US is losing its former appeal for Europe’s far right due to the decrease in predictability of American policy and the weakening of security guarantees.