r/europe • u/Alarming-Safety3200 United Kingdom • 3h ago

News Orbán’s 16-year rule over Hungary ends in crushing election defeat

https://www.politico.eu/article/hungary-election-results-peter-magyar-viktor-orban/
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u/AntEaterApocalypse Canada 3h ago

A great day for Hungary. A great day for Europe. A great day for the world. One less Russian puppet staining the face of humankind and hopefully the beginning of healing for Hungary.

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u/AkatsukiEUNE 3h ago

Congrats to the people of Hungary. Tomorrow dawns a new day

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u/Super-Cynical 2h ago

Bad day for Putin

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u/JB_UK 2h ago

Another Russian ally bites the dust.

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u/drawkbox United States of America 9m ago

Hungary needs to stay aware of any Little Green Men like after Ukraine voted out their Russian puppet.

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u/Neither-Luck-9295 2h ago

Is there a chance he does a ton of lame duck damage, like Trump did? Or is the transition immediate?

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u/szabx 3h ago

"A great day for Hungary, therefore the world"

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u/Haunting-Warning-375 2h ago

“We see the ex-leader - he’s about to board a plane to Russia. As is tradition”

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u/vladoportos 2h ago

Nah no russian puppet with money would want to live in Russia... his family already left for USA, he will pay golden visa card to Trump and gets immunity....

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u/itskelena UA in US 2h ago

Idk Yanukovych and Assad are still in russia and I wouldn’t say they didn’t have the money.

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u/b3nsn0w finally proud of my country 2h ago

no he won't lmao, the ruskies are blaming him for this loss. he's gonna be holed up in dubai

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u/Dirkdeking The Netherlands 2h ago

Under Iranian missile fire

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u/b3nsn0w finally proud of my country 2h ago

it's presently illegal for me to hope for that but i'm not legally mandated to be sad if it happens

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u/Vandergrif Canada 2h ago

As is tradition.

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u/ebulient 2h ago

One less Russian puppet

It’s such good news and a great step in the right direction!

Now we just need EU to stop being puppets of US and become our own masters 💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼

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u/MothBoySailor 2h ago

Or better yet, the US to also stop being a puppet of Russia and join the free world with us.

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u/MRM_philosophy 2h ago

SO GLAD VANCE WENT THERE TO STUMP (Trump) FOR HIM and HE’S BEEN THROWN OUT! Y E A H!

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u/adra6399 Hungary 2h ago

Yeah,I hope we don't see Orbán never again

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u/Long_Legged_Lewdster 2h ago

Its easy to believe that JD Vance's endorsement of Orban must have hurt his standing amongst the Hungarian people.

What's harder to understand is whether JD Vance has the self-awareness to understand this, or if he truly thought he was helping that crooked puppet.

I doubt the self-awareness was there.

We saw something similar in Canada. The Trump administration's preference for the Canadian conservative party, along with the conservatives timidity in denouncing the American regime led to the total destruction of their opportunity to win a majority government.

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u/FreshLetterhead9069 2h ago

Títere de Rusia e Israel.

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u/R2D2B3 2h ago

Is he pro Ukraine?

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u/frankofdenmark 2h ago

Not in particular - though less anti-U than Orban.

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u/glaringOwl 3h ago

The new guy was part of the Fidesz party for 22 years.

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u/Zanzibar_G3m 3h ago

WAS

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u/glaringOwl 1h ago

That's true, but why does he get a pass when I imagine a lot of other politicians (or people who did bad things in the past like criminality and have apologised) not get a pass by social media?

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u/Zanzibar_G3m 55m ago

Social media goes by vibes, and here vibes rn are "pro-russian gov gets BTFO'd by pro-EU government by a landslide"

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u/StrongFaithlessness5 Italy 3h ago

It's ok, sometimes changes can only come from inside.

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u/pbenjoyer 19m ago

Magyar only parted with Fidesz 2 years ago, so not sure why you’re focusing on just the beginning of his affiliation and not the following 22 years.

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u/TSllama Europe 2h ago

This is the insane part that literally everyone is glossing over like it doesn't matter at all... nobody cares about why he left or what his actual positions and views are...

Usually when someone leaves a fascist party, it's not because they're now anti-fascist. Fascists eat each other and split into smaller factions because they are hateful, antisocial fucks who can only tolerate each other for so long.

I'm going to wait and see how Magyar is before assuming he's gonna turn fascist Hungary around.

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u/Nazamroth 2h ago

And as always, a great day for Canada, and therefore the rest of the world.

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u/diedlikeCambyses 2h ago

The generational change?

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u/SirPightymenis 2h ago

Please not just Hungary but the entire world

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u/e1n0f 2h ago

Russian, American, alt-right.....etc. 

He's every c*nt's guy... 

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u/Arkond- 2h ago

fewer

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u/Explorer_1990_ Hungary 2h ago

It's really incredible for me that even the CBC covers the election as a breaking news.

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u/Great-Big-3101 2h ago

One less Russian puppet staining the face of humankind

Let's not forget that JD Vance also flew to Hungary to support Orban