A 45-year-old former party insider persuaded the majority of Hungarians to remove Viktor Orbán’s 16-year rule, leaving a system that has been denounced as a “electoral autocracy” in ruins. We succeeded,” Páv Magyar declared to a group of enthusiastic supporters along the Danube River, with a view of Budapest’s splendid parliament across the river. “Together we overthrew the Hungarian regime.”His Tisza party is headed for an incredible 138 seats, according to preliminary election results based on almost 98% of recorded votes. Orbán’s Fidesz has 55 MPs, while the far-right Our Homeland has six.
The landslide will allow Magyar to reset Hungary’s international relations in addition to overturning Orbán’s increasingly unpopular internal policies. Orbán has become a major annoyance to the EU and Ukraine, and he has been a close ally of both Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump, gaining an in-person visit from US Vice-President JD Vance in the last week of the campaign. In contrast, Magyar advocated for Hungary to distance itself from Russia in favor of closer relations with the EU and Ukraine.
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