Victor Orbán Concedes Defeat in Hungary Election

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A dark day for Europe.

Orbán had been the longest-serving leader in the European Union, having led the nation for over 16 years.

Orban kept Hungary free from the destructive migration policies of the EU.

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For a country of ten million people that spent most of the 20th century occupied and impoverished, Hungary today is thriving. This is down to the 16-year rule of Viktor Orban. Hungary’s Prime Minister has, to use his phrasing, aimed to create an ‘illiberal democracy’.

He has reformed the country’s judiciary, given tax breaks to mothers to increase the birth rate and zealously resisted the EU’s refugee policies. The last is illustrated by the 140-mile fence along the Serbian border constructed during the 2015 migration crisis. Proud border guards tell you that 1.1 million migrants have been kept out in a decade. (William Atkinson)

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Financial Times: Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán conceded defeat in parliamentary elections on Sunday night after voters handed the opposition Tisza party a landslide victory. With 99 per cent of the votes counted, the Tisza (Respect and Freedom) party led by Péter Magyar was projected to win 138 out of 199 seats in parliament, a two-thirds majority that would enable it to change the constitution. Orbán’s Fidesz party was projected to win just 55 seats, down from 133 in 2022…. In a concession speech to party supporters, Orbán, who is the EU’s longest-serving premier, said “whatever happens we will serve our country and the Hungarian nation from opposition as well” (Financial Times).

On the victor: Péter Magyar, a former Orbán loyalist who campaigned against corruption and on everyday issues like health care and public transport, has pledged to rebuild Hungary’s relationships with the European Union and NATO — ties that frayed under Orbán. European leaders quickly congratulated Magyar. His victory was expected to transform political dynamics within the EU, where Orbán had upended the bloc by frequently vetoing key decisions, prompting concerns he sought to break it up from the inside (AP).

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