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

🇭🇺The original far-right figurehead is GONE! HISTORY! Welcome back, Hungary, we have been spiritually impoverished without you! :D 😊🥳🇭🇺

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CleverGirl · 26-30, FNew

Hungary is still highly dependent on Russian oil and gas. I wouldn't expect much change all at once.

CedricH · 22-25, M

@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.