CPAC Hungary 2026: Budapest to host major conservative summit ahead of election, Trump or Vance could attend

The CPAC Hungary conference will take place on March 21, 2026, Miklós Szánthó, Director General of the Center for Fundamental Rights, announced in a Facebook video published on Tuesday. The event will be organized for the 5th time and is once again expected to draw leading figures of the international right to Budapest. 

“CPAC Hungary 2026 will be so big this time that the house will split in two. Onward to victory!” Szánthó said in the video. Pro-government journalist Dániel Bohár also appeared, dismissing claims about Hungary’s alleged international isolation as “a joke.”

“No migration, no gender, no war”

According to the event’s official website, CPAC Hungary is “the event that brings together the world’s right wing,” describing itself as an “anti-globalist global jamboree.” The organizers emphasize that the conference is opened every year by Viktor Orbán, while Donald Trump traditionally sends a special greeting. One of the conference’s key slogans, first articulated in Budapest, is “no migration, no gender, no war.”

Szánthó argued that this approach has effectively become official government policy in the United States, while Brussels continues to pursue the opposite direction. In his words, the Hungarian right is seen as “sand in the machine” by its opponents, but precisely for that reason, allies from Europe and beyond will once again gather in Budapest. “If we win, they win as well,” he said.

CPAC Hungary 2026 – Symbolic timing ahead of elections

The CPAC Hungary 2026 will be held on March 21, marking the 106th anniversary of the proclamation of the 1919 Hungarian Soviet Republic. The date is also politically significant, falling just over three weeks before Hungary’s parliamentary elections scheduled for April 12. Unlike previous years, when the conference was typically held in May, organizers opted for a March date this time.

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High-profile international speakers

In recent years, CPAC Hungary has hosted a long list of prominent conservative politicians and public figures from Europe and the United States. Past speakers have included Geert Wilders, leader of the Dutch Party for Freedom (PVV); Michael Knowles, American conservative commentator and author; Ben Shapiro, U.S. political commentator and co-founder of The Daily Wire; Mateusz Morawiecki, former Prime Minister of Poland; Alice Weidel, co-chair of Germany’s Alternative for Germany (AfD) party; Herbert Kickl, leader of the Austrian Freedom Party (FPÖ); and Andrej Babiš, former and current Prime Minister of the Czech Republic.

In 2025, speakers included Robert Fico, Slovakia’s socialist prime minister, and Irakli Kobakhidze, Georgia’s prime minister.

Trump or JD Vance visit to Budapest is reportedly being considered

According to press reports, the organizers are trying to bring Donald Trump, or at least US Vice President JD Vance, to Budapest, although there has been no official confirmation of this. Trump recently promised only that he would try to visit Hungary in the near future.

What is already certain is that CPAC Hungary 2026, scheduled for March 21, will once again be a focal point of international political attention, bringing together influential figures of the global right in the Hungarian capital. The event is funded by the Hungarian budget.

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