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By Tamas Csonka in Budapest Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban ramped up the fearmongering in the last mile of the EP election campaign, raising the stakes by claiming that Hungary can only stay out of the war if Fidesz achieves the largest electoral victory in Europe on June 9. The ruling nationalist party organised a rally on June 1 to strengthen its wavering base as polls show a slow but steady erosion in support since the Fidesz paedophile pardon scandal four months ago, leading to the resignation of the president and the justice minister. Orban’s goal is not to win new voters or lure u…

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