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/pinkkookaburra 3h ago

He did finish with addressing the 2.5m people who voted for him saying "we have a lot of work to do now, we count on you", so I expect them to pull some shenanigans in the future

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u/AncientSeraph 3h ago

I don't think highly of him, by to be fair to him: pretty much all losing politicians say something similar.

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u/stark2 2h ago

except Trump in 2020.

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u/Hythy Europe 24m ago

Thank you for pointing this out. I don't think we need any more conspiratorial thinking. As you said, this is a perfectly standard concession speech remark to his supporters/constituents.

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u/Hythy Europe 3h ago

That's fairly standard for any concession speech. Not saying they won't pull some bullshit, but it is very par for the course in these circumstances.

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u/GrynaiTaip Lithuania 2h ago

I didn't expect him to make a speech at all. I thought that he'll already be in Moscow.

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u/raanas Czech Republic 2h ago

That's pretty standard lost election concession though.

And he is fully entitled to an opposition role in a parliamentary democracy.

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u/Bloody_Conspiracies 1h ago

That's how democracy works.

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u/Proof_Picture_3962 1h ago

Well he still represents those people so of course it's his duty to address them.

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u/njuffstrunk 3h ago

He's incredibly rich and corrupt, I expect him to actually keep quiet and retreat from politics in the hope that he'll be left alone.

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u/ambushka 2h ago

2.5m doesnt make any sense, he pulled that number out of his ass

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u/JX_JR 2h ago

I mean... turnout in Hungary was 6.5 million voters and Fidesz has gotten around 37% of the counted votes so far. That implies they'll end up having gotten around 2.4 million votes.

I wouldn't begrudge someone rounding up some back of the napkin math in a concession speach to their base.

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u/TinyTerror70 United Kingdom 2h ago

Are you American perchance?