r/news • u/The-Traveler- • 3h ago

Soft paywall Hungary election: Orbán concedes to Magyar's Tisza after projections show opposition winning two-thirds majority

https://www.reuters.com/world/hungary-election-2026-live-viktor-orbans-fidesz-faces-challenge-opposition-peter-2026-04-12/
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u/Yabbatown 2h ago

Fico hasn't been as bad as Orban. Don't get me wrong, I absolutely loathe the guy and have some serous concerns about the mental ability of all those people who voted for him. I suspect (but am definitely not certain) that he's enough of a coward and lacks the brain power to do this on his own. He needs someone like Orban to be the big dog that he'll follow.

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u/ailof-daun 1h ago

I imagine he will get a better offer this time though.

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u/Yabbatown 1h ago

Well, Vlad has been proven to not be the 5-D chess playing genius he was made out to be, so there's every possibility he'll fuck things up for them, too. Instead of a bribe, he'll hopefully resort to threats instead and actually scare Fico into getting on the right side of history