Hungary’s Viktor Orbán stumbles in EU election
Hungary’s Viktor Orbán stumbles in EU election
In a new rival Peter Magyar, the prime minister’s Fidesz party ‘has a real challenger.’
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Hungary’s ruling Fidesz party is on track to receive its worst ever result in a European Parliament election, after early results showed a new challenger took more than 30 percent of the vote Sunday.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s Fidesz scored 44.2 percent, significantly lower than polls had predicted.
Sunday’s result is “a huge victory for Péter Magyar and a huge failure for Fidesz,” said Péter Krekó, executive director at the independent Political Capital think tank.
A former Fidesz party official and ex-husband of former Hungarian Justice Minister Judit Varga, Magyar galvanized voters by railing against corruption and Orbán’s regime after throwing his hat into the ring earlier this year.
He has vowed to take back the billions in EU funds destined for Hungary that have been frozen by Brussels over rule of law concerns.
“This is the Waterloo of the Orbán power factory, the beginning of the end,” Magyar said after the result.
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Peter Magyar is an incredible name for a Hungarian politician, it would basically be like having the name John America lol
Tiny correction: it's the Hungarian equivalent of John American.
Does anyone know what EU political group the 30% party belongs to? Fidesz is unaffiliated but I'm hoping that this 30% voted for S&D or at least Renew.
The result basically ends with Ukraine being top priority but climate is in the backseat. :/