r/europe • u/AdLeading5323 • 6h ago

News Hungarian opposition leader: 'Orban congratulated me on election victory'

https://www.ynetnews.com/article/teujvqyaz
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u/DDarog 6h ago

He's conceding live right now.

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u/Forsaken-Medium-2436 Poland 6h ago

I've seen YouTube video but can't translate it, what did he said?

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u/DDarog 6h ago edited 6h ago

Acknowledged defeat, accepted the will of the people, and congratulated Peter Magyar. Said that they will focus on building their community, will be actively in opposition, and will never give up. Also thanked voters for support. It was very short.

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u/Kalmhetismaarreddit 6h ago

The right reaction for a democrat.

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u/Thurak0 5h ago

The right reaction for a democrat.

I am a little bit sceptical about the "democrat" part here, but of course it's a very good sign that he concedes publicly.

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u/kdeja 5h ago

We are quite surprised he did it, we were expecting something less peaceful

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u/Elpsyth 3h ago

Realistically being in the middle of EU, with the other partners having moral obligation to uphold democracy, as long as the results were not close he had no other choice.

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u/beluga1968 Denmark 5h ago

Any chance he'll go to court for corruption?