>> chancellor angela merkel's visited budapest has been a long time coming for prime minister viktor orban. his politics have often been at odds with other eu states. merkel is concerned that his close relations with the kremlin are undermining the eu last position -- eu's position on the ukraine crisis. orban has criticized eu sanctions against russia. thousands of demonstrators have taken to the streets in budapest. they want merkel to discuss domestic politics with orban and for hungary not to veer away from europe. >> we want to stay informed. for me, this is about freedom of the press. i hope that the chancellor will address this issue clearly with viktor orban. >> angela merkel should no longer support this system. she should do more than just exchange friendly words. >> merkel has remained tightlipped on the contents of the talks, but she did have this to say. >> i pointed out that even if one has a white majority like the hungarian prime minister has, it is very important -- wide majority like the hungarian primaries there has, it is very important to consider the opposition. >> sh

v -- prime minister viktor orban has earned the nickname "little putin." orban says hungary cannot turn its main energy supplier. although he supported eu sanctions against moscow, orban has been vocal about their negative and economic impact. the meeting may prove more symbolically important for putin as he attempts to show he still has a friend in europe. it will mark his first bilateral visit to an eu country since june. >> in other news, another 40,000 people took to the streets of the danish capital to patriot to the victims of last week's shootings.

v -- prime minister viktor orban has earned the nickname "little putin." orban says hungary cannot turn its main energy supplier. although he supported eu sanctions against moscow, orban has been vocal about their negative and economic impact. the meeting may prove more symbolically important for putin as he attempts to show he still has a friend in europe. it will mark his first bilateral visit to an eu country since june. >> in other news, another 40,000 people took to the streets of the danish capital to patriot to the victims of last week's shootings. the killings came one month after similar attacks on france. the 22-year-old gunman has been named by the local media as omar ellis el-hussein. >> he had come to the attention of the danish ugly before when he was convicted of abrogated assault -- of abrogated aggravated assault. he was released before he allegedly killed two people in 20 tax last saturday. a call for order describes the alledge subjects. >> my first impression is that he seemed like a hardened criminal. yet very short hair with visible sc

there are critical voices in europe that say that viktor orban is friends with the wrong guy. vladimir putin has given more official sanctions and that he is trying to tie them into dependency, energy dependency. and that it's a strategy in europe. >> to make that point, some 2,000 people protested on the eve of the visit to show solidarity with ukraine. they are struggling and happy about the orban domestic policies. >> i don't like the eastern direction of hungary, becoming friends with vladimir putin, taking on his idea. >> but vladimir putin showed that while they are looking or not happy with him in europe he has allies in europe and hungry's government will do what a best for hungary >>> they need to find ways to put pressure for them to go out of the european conflict. denmark has the answer by going green. >> reporter: denmark has an energy revolution. the significance could be huge. woodchips, not coal heat the burners in this. >> reporter: it provided steam-hit hot water, and electricity for 1.5 million copenhagen. it should be the world's first. >> we are relying on