Viktor Orbán’s crushing defeat in Hungary’s parliamentary election, with Peter Magyar’s Tisza party taking over 53 per cent of the vote to Fidesz’s 38 per cent, with results pointing to Tisza winning a crucial two-thirds majority with 135 seats in the 199-member parliament, is more than the end of a 16-year autocracy. It is a […]
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Hungary’s general election – is Viktor Orban running out of road?
Tomorrow’s Hungarian parliamentary election is being described, with some justification, as the most consequential vote anywhere in the European Union this year. Viktor Orbán, who has held political power for sixteen years since the 2010 parliamentary election, is seeking a fifth consecutive term in office. The question is whether he will get it and, if […]
The gamechanger that wasn’t: how the Kremlin planned to rescue Orbán
Russian intelligence does not do subtlety. It does, however, do audacity, and an internal document obtained by the Washington Post reveals just how far the Kremlin is willing to go to protect its most valuable European asset: far-right Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. The document, originating from Russia’s foreign intelligence service and apparently verified by […]