The rightwing populist has been in power for 16 years but a new generation of voters are preparing to vote for his opponent, polls suggest Hungary elections: what is at stake and who is likely to win? As he rushed to finish off his cigarette before heading to class, Ãkos, 20, confessed that he has more at stake than most as Hungarians prepare to head to the polls in the coming days. âIf things remain the same, or get even worse, I canât see a future here,â said the aspiring teacher. âThere are many people who want to try living elsewhere, and thatâs totally fine, but Iâm not one of them. For so long Iâve dreamed of working and teaching here.â Ãkos was four years old when Hungarians voted in Viktor Orbán as prime minister in 2010, setting in motion a 16-year grip on power that has sought to transform the central European country into an âilliberal democracyâ â and which has defined much of this studentâs early life. Ãkos is a member of Generation Orbán â the young Hungarians who came of age as the country plunged in press freedom rankings, was accused of being an âelectoral autocracyâ, and became the most corrupt country in the EU. Now, it is these
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Ursula von der Leyen hails âgood newsâ after Hungaryâs lifting of vetoes allows leaders to sign off on agreements EU leaders have welcomed the end of diplomatic deadlock over a long-awaited â¬90bn (£78bn) loan for Ukraine, after…
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Ursula von der Leyen hails âgood newsâ after Hungaryâs lifting of vetoes allows leaders to sign off on agreements EU leaders have welcomed the end of diplomatic deadlock over a long-awaited â¬90bn (£78bn) loan…
Read original at The Guardian →Russian oil flowed through the Ukrainian section â of the Druzhba âpipeline on Wednesday after a halt lasting months, â officials said, allowing Hungary to lift its veto on a 90 âbillion euro ($105.79 billion) EU…
Read original at CNN →The European Union's top court has ruled that Hungarian anti-LGBTQ laws violate EU rules and infringe its values of equality and minority rights. The laws were brought in by Viktor Orbán's government in 2021 and banned…
Read original at BBC →ECJ says law passed in 2021 is discriminatory and âcontrary to the identity of the unionâ, in early test for new PM The EUâs highest court has found Hungaryâs anti-LGBTQ+ law to be discriminatory, stigmatising…
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Read original at The Guardian →US Vice-President JD Vance has insisted he was right to stage a two-day campaign visit to back Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán five days before he was voted out of office by opposition party Tisza's landslide…
Read original at BBC →In recent decades, the United States and Russia have rarely backed the same candidate in a foreign election. Hungaryâs Viktor Orbán was an exception. But as it turned out, they backed the loser. For the White House,…
Read original at CNN →Loss of closest European ally will force Kremlin to consider whether non-autocratic states can ever be reliable partners The Kremlin said on Tuesday it was pleased that Hungaryâs prime minister-elect, Péter Magyar,…
Read original at The Guardian →Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu saw his closest European ally soundly defeated in the Hungarian elections on Sunday. The result is a blow to Israelâs longest-serving leader in an election year and has…
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Read original at CNN →Prime minister-elect promises ânew eraâ for country after defeating far-right Viktor Orbán Hungaryâs prime minister-elect, Péter Magyar, has pledged to pursue those who âplundered, looted, betrayed, indebted…
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Read original at The Guardian →Viktor Orbán's 16 years in power is over and a system condemned as an "electoral autocracy" lies in tatters, defeated by a 45-year-old former party insider who convinced a majority of Hungarians to bring it to an end.…
Read original at BBC →In todayâs newsletter: Orbán concedes defeat after 16 years in power, ushering in a new era for Hungaryâs relations with the EU, US and Russia Good morning. The people of Hungary are waking up in an unfamiliar…
Read original at The Guardian →The defeat of Viktor Orbán means Hungary will have a change in government for the first time since 2010. Although polls had suggested a decisive victory for the opposition Tisza party, many of its supporters refused to…
Read original at CNN →When Péter Magyar was growing up during Hungaryâs democratic transition, he had a poster of Viktor Orbán pinned to his bedroom wall. At the time, Orbán was a liberal anti-communist who had famously demanded the…
Read original at CNN →Ex-government insider turned Orbán critic is authentic and passionate but his proposed policies are short on details As a child growing up in Budapest, Péter Magyar had a poster of Viktor Orbán â at the time a…
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Read original at The Guardian →⢠Concession: Veteran Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán accepted defeat in a parliamentary election on Sunday, ending his 16 years in power. He congratulated Péter Magyar, leader of the center-right opposition…
Read original at CNN →Viktor Orbán is seeking a fifth consecutive term as Hungaryâs prime minister. During 16 years in office, he has transformed his small central European country from a burgeoning Western democracy into an illiberal…
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Read original at Fox News →On the eve of Hungary's bitterly fought and highly significant election, the two main rivals are taking their campaigns to the wire, as Péter Magyar attempts to end 16 years of continuous rule by Viktor Orbán's party…
Read original at BBC →Polls suggest lead for opposition candidate before vote on Sunday as both allege enlistment of foreign interference Hungary elections: what is at stake and who is likely to win? Viktor Orbán and his centre-right rival,…
Read original at The Guardian →Challenger Péter Magyar is no progressive â and after 16 years of creeping authoritarianism, the PM has embedded Fidesz in the Hungarian state On Sunday, Hungarians will go to the polls to decide on their countryâs…
Read original at The Guardian →Defeat for Viktor Orbán on Sunday would be celebrated in Brussels, mourned in Washington and Moscow, and would give his country its democracy back Hungary has a population of less than 10 million and an economy that…
Read original at The Guardian →When Vice President JD Vance held his phone to the mic, it seemed for a moment as though his boss might not pick up. But at the second attempt, and after a few rings, he got through to Donald Trump. In the presidentâs…
Read original at CNN →Could Viktor Orbán really lose Hungary’s election? Plus: Inside Britain’s cargo theft crisis Get the Guardian Weekly delivered to your home address An irony of Viktor Orbán’s 16-year grip on power in Hungary is that his…
Read original at The Guardian →The war with Iran is raging, gas prices are rising and spending battles endure on Capitol Hill. So why is the No. 2 man in the White House in Budapest? Vice President JD Vanceâs visit to Hungary this week, days ahead…
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Ursula von der Leyen hails âgood newsâ after Hungaryâs lifting of vetoes allows leaders to sign off on agreements EU leaders have welcomed the end of diplomatic deadlock over a long-awaited â¬90bn (£78bn) loan for Ukraine, after…
View source →Russian oil flowed through the Ukrainian section â of the Druzhba âpipeline on Wednesday after a halt lasting months, â officials said, allowing Hungary to lift its veto on a 90 âbillion euro ($105.79 billion) EU loan urgently needed…
View source →The European Union's top court has ruled that Hungarian anti-LGBTQ laws violate EU rules and infringe its values of equality and minority rights. The laws were brought in by Viktor Orbán's government in 2021 and banned so-called promotion…
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