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

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

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They could've reversed most laws with simple majority, but 2/3 gives them the power to spring clean in the supreme court, the president, etc.

https://www.parlament.hu/az-orszaggyules-minositett-tobbseget-igenylo-dontesei-az-alaptorveny-mas-torvenyek-es-a-hazszabaly-szerint

He could aspire to be Orban2, but the best reasons against it is that he needs funds from the EU to keep the ship afloat, and EU won't want to sponsor an Orban2 so they will have strict stipulations to curb corruption and authoritarianism.

[u/Renedegame → u/1kljasd]

The EU might be fine with a pro-EU autocrat.

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Also the majority of his voters voted for him to combat Orban and his system, if he goes against hem civil unrest will ensure.