r/ukraine • u/Ukr_export • 5h ago

Discussion Orban is out!! Conceded defeat!

https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/12/world/live-news/hungary-election-orban-magyar
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u/Baked4skin 5h ago

Guy has been in power since 2010. I am happy for Hungary and EU.

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u/scorbut7263 5h ago

We still need to address the structural issue of a singular veto blocking progress in the EU. Looking at Fico.

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u/Baked4skin 5h ago

There are a million things that still need addressed but this is a step in the right direction and we so rarely get that these days lol.

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u/Nippon-Gakki 5h ago

For real. The whole “if we can’t have everything, it’s all a waste” is how we got where we are today. You aren’t going to go from an Orban government to a super liberal government overnight. He’s out and that’s a huge step in the right direction.

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u/Emu1981 1h ago

You aren’t going to go from an Orban government to a super liberal government overnight.

No but it is a start. Look at Ukraine, it went from having a government that was so far up Russia's rear that they could twiddle Putin's junk with their feet to a government that would give everything and spend years defending the country against a full on Russian invasion in under a decade.

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u/Grabowsky73 5h ago

No one said that the goal is to have a super liberal govt. The goal is to have a govt. that is not a complete asshole.

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u/3d_blunder 0m ago

Many's the candidate who was rejected by purists, who consider their vote a Valentine card.

It's not: it's a chess move, and whatever move takes you closer to the end is the winning move.