YES!!! Hungary has booted out the far right after 16 ruinous years, and Orban has conceded. That could NOT have gone ANY better!

@ThePatientAnarchist It's definitely a good sign.

@Tastyfrzz This is the beginning of the end for far-right politics in Europe. It has been shown that it DOESN'T work.

@Waveney Next up in Europe - Italy.

@Waveney I'm just sad that the United states the far right is gaining traction. We're also gonna find out it's not gonna work out the hard way

@TheOneyouwerewarnedabout hehe the defeat of your far-right figurehead has really hit you hard.

Lolz.

@CleverGirl By choice, not necessity. Other Europeans countries consciously reduced their dependence on Russian oil and gas imports after 2022 at a stunning pace. Hungary could‘ve followed their lead but opted against it for obvious reasons. Now, with new leadership, the Adriatic pipelines offer a viable option for Hungary‘s energy diversification.
No need to fret at all.
Hungary‘s voluntary submission to Putin‘s preferences was a deliberate choice by Viktor Orban, it was neither forced on him nor Hungary. This means the unholy special relationship between Moscow and Budapest can be scuttled in one day by Peter Magyar and I hope that’s exactly what he‘s going to do.

@SunshineGirl What made me laugh was Vance had the NERVE to claim the EU was interfering in the election, when he was doing EXACTLY that!

Every Republican accusation is a confession.

@Waveney It's an extraordinary result and I hope it chills the American administration. There is clear evidence of gerrymandering, yet the opposition has won more than 60% of the vote. Thank goodness Orban has conceded defeat and not done a Trump.

@SunshineGirl Poland‘s reform process is currently being impeded by the intricate coalition maintenance that‘s required to keep a very broad and disjointed ruling coalition united in the Sejm. An unthankful task for Donald Tusk. In addition to that, this rather diverse majority is merely an absolute majority.
Dynamics in Poland are further bedeviled by Poland’s semi-presidential system and last year‘s election of Karol Nawrocki as Poland’s President, who‘s affiliated with the country‘s illiberal opposition, the PiS party, just as his predecessor, Andrzej Duda, was.

It seems that Peter Magyar, however, will have to contend with no such impediments. The President in Hungary is a largely ceremonial figure and Magyar‘s Tisza party‘s supermajority in parliament will endow his Premiership with enough political heft to undo the democratic backsliding that occurred during the tenure of the outgoing government.
Ironically, Orban‘s and Fidesz‘s power consolidation will even facilitate the expeditious disintegration of Orban‘s illiberal project, now that the political winds have turned decisively.

@Ynotisay I honestly think this is the beginning of the end for the far-right (in Europe at least). Their politics are just NOT working, and more and more countries are realising this.

@Waveney I think you might be right. It's extraordinarily hard to change the mind of those who lean in to dictators. There's reasons why they do. But critical mass has power. Especially for those with a need to belong to a unified way of thinking.

@MasterLee no, they booted out the Far Right and replaced them with Centre Right. Magyar is no liberal, but he’s pro Europe and pro democracy 😊 Ruszkik, haza!