JFC, things have gotten so bad that we are cheering for some Hungarian conservative winning an election.
What’s the catch? Just watched John Oliver and got the impression this was impossible
Orban put so many of his cronies everywhere, it will take years if not decades to restore the country
They will readjust like the spineless crooks they are.
Hopefully not. New party has 2/3rds majority, meaning they will clean house - new AG, new supreme court, election laws, etc. They can do what they want, which is a risk, but there is no other way to defeat Orban’s state capture
Since it’s a 2/3 blowout, all of those can be simply removed.
The biggest danger going forward is Tisza becoming corrupt by either not going through with removing them, or becoming like Fidesz was.
They state they won’t.
My hope was that Tisza would be 1 or 2 seats away from the super majority and there would be another opposition party (non orban, non nationalist) in parliament to actually be there to stamp things
The thing is that the only parties I’d trust with that are the ones that stepped back before the election. The only three others on the ballot were the ultranationalist Mi Hazánk, the collaborator DK, and well, MKKP. If that scenario happened with any one of these, they could be paid to be obstructionists.
There is no getting around it, the people will have to keep them to account to implement term limits and the anti-corruption measures they were running on themselves.
Someone please tell me the opposition winner is legit and not another Russian stooge
Hard to tell right now. He used to be one of Orban’s buddies up until a few years ago. He’s saying the right things right now - less corruption, more services for Hungarians, closer ties to the EU and NATO.
But we’ll see. From what I understand, Orban was also seen as a progressive about 20 years ago. But then Putin and greed got their hooks into him. Hopefully the new guy is legit.
If he is legit, I wonder his this will shift the dynamic in the EU. Without Hungary vetoing everything Putin doesn’t like, does this clear the path more for Ukraine joining the EU and/or NATO? I know there are a lot of other factors in okay. But the people of Hungary might have just helped others and not just themselves.
C’mon, guy is a lot of things but not a friend to Russia
Let’s hope he doesn’t suffer from sudden and acute defenestration.
There’s another EU member with a russian stooge in power, isn’t there? I could be wrong but I think it was Slovakia that recently elected one.
Still great news that Orban is out.
I was gonna say Belarus but they’re not in the EU.
Fuck Lukashenko too though
That will truly be a major test. Man, I’m hoping for a legitimate win for once. This could be the biggest shift since Carney’s victory in Canada. I’ve also sadly seen how gullible people can believe lies like, “America First” and “No New Wars,” and take a pathological liar at their word. Leaving aside the longer-term games being played by billionaires.
Here’s hoping for the best. I’m just honestly a bit shocked that he relinquished power this easily.
He’s legit, no worries on that front. Implementing policies and promises - let’s see, but I’m optimistic
He’s against support for Ukraine. So, outlook not so good. On paper, he’s an improvement over Orbán but he’s still at least center-right. We won’t know until he starts implementing policies.
While i’m happy Órban is out, do remember that Magyar is Órban-lite and Órban spent 16 years ensuring he’ll be hard to get rid of. Magyar may’ve won the election but he’s not in the clear yet.
I can’t even imagine the elation Hungarians must be feeling right now!
It was insane, we partied until 3 am on the streets of Budapest. People were hanging from poles, shooting fireworks and dancing
Great pic. How’s the hangover? :D
It’s more like relief.
He’s probably packing his suitcases for an “extended stay” in Russia. And some of them will be packed with money and gold…
in Russia.
or the US, he has options.
Maybe he’ll go to Albania with Eric Adams.
Couch fucking, pope killing, election fucking loser
They need to stop letting the couch fucker meet with people… he obviously represents a bad omen for their cult, and it’s showing
nono, let them
Love to see it, folks.
Come on. Am I dreaming?
April First! 🖕🖕
Finally, good news since Mamdani!
I’m so happy for Hungary and for the EU! Hungarians, u rock!!! :))
Please Vance, vouch for Erdogan next time
Trump with another impressive foreign election result.
In the back of my head, I’m slightly worried when a European country has a party that has more than 50% of the seats. We’re supposed to not be two-party systems.
But on every other part of my head, this feels great. Good stuff, hungarians! I wish I had free money to invest into Hungary. Seems like a safe bet right now.
As I understand it, Orban has rewritten the laws so the biggest party gets an unproportional amount of seats. Works well when you are able to keep the opposition fractured, but less well when your comeuppance finally arrives.
Other EU countries have a similar unfair system. They’re quite easy to spot because they usually have 2 parties that get 90%+ of the seats.
Once that system is in place, the incentives of the party in power are to keep it, because they’d lose a supermajority if they win the next election cycle.
I honestly don’t know how you could fix the system once it’s so entrenched. I think it can only change if people become aware of how their shitty political situation (only 2 viable parties) is entirely created by this electoral system, and somehow demand a change.
Hopefully the new party will roll back those laws and make it more fair in future.
Budapest shouts “Russians out”, in memory of the Hungarian uprising of 1956 and against the Putin asset they ousted today.
Good job, friends. Now, a republic once again… if you can keep it.
