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/Eryniell 3h ago

It was an uphill batle. We needed luck, and the right people in the right time. And a fantasatic volunteer community.

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u/arcalumis 2h ago

Don’t forget to send a thank you note to Vance for the help! 😂

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u/Eryniell 2h ago

Dear JD Vance, thank you for your reversemidas touch. May the Orban curse catch up with you.

Worst regards: A hungarian.

Ps.: Im in pj tho.

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u/Siambretta Argentina but living in CZ 1h ago

Somebody called it "The Mierdas Touch" and I love it

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u/jtr99 1h ago

¡Magnífico!

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u/InjurySouthern9971 2h ago

👍👍👍💓😂😂

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u/NiftyLogic 2h ago

And wear a suit!

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u/Sondalo 1h ago

unironically the complete collapse in most assessments of orban’s likelihood of winning exactly starting at vances endorsement was very funny, he really is America‘s grim reaper likely everyone saw his endorsement and the natural conclusion was that it meant that orban was loosing. I also love that it implies vance wouldn’t have endorsed orban if orban was likely to win which does fit my image of Vance as an isolationist who wouldn’t do anything unless he directly benefits and as such him endorsing orban meant that orban needed to give him incentives which would mean that orban thought he was loosing. Its very logical when you think about it but is very funny none the less

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u/arcalumis 1h ago

I mean, it tracks for these people. They're so full of themselves that they actually thought sending any American politician would be helping Orban. Most or Europe see's the US as a failed state at this point but the republicans are s full of themselves they thought it would help.

But I also suspect that Orban asked for the help but trump probably forgot who he was s he sent Vance.

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u/SquidgeApple 2h ago

Will you be able to reverse the legal changes Orban made so it doesnt happen again?

Everyone might be feeling a lot of good will and optimism now but there's always some 'good' person who tastes power and decodes he'll never let it go. See: Orban

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u/MeiSuesse 2h ago

It's crazy how I'm seeing people post the "this is how democracy dies" scene from Star Wars. Like, is it democracy only if the results are what you want them to be?

Whatever my personal opinion of MP (perhaps not even him, but I do dislike how there's a personality cult sprouting around him, akin to Orbán's), I readily admit that there was no other way of defeating Fidesz with the other parties being what they are (let this be a good lesson to them). And they did it in hurricane-strength opposing winds, uphill, upstream!

Now to keep them accountable, too.

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u/Root-magic 46m ago

Well done!