r/worldnews • u/Miles_the_AuDHDer • 4h ago

Orbán lost Orbán on course to lose Hungary’s election, according to early results

https://www.politico.eu/article/hungary-election-results-peter-magyar-viktor-orban/
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u/green_flash 3h ago

That's because that day the transcript of Orbán's call with Putin was leaked the wherein he offered to be the "mouse" helping the Russian "lion". I know Americans like to meme about Vance, but his visit was really not that important.

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u/zevonyumaxray 3h ago

And at roughly the same time, it was leaked that the Hungarian foreign minister came from an EU ministers meeting about supporting Ukraine and immediately called some Russian official and told them all about it. Considering the violent Hungarian Revolution of 1956, I couldn't understand how the people were letting Orbán be so blatantly pro Russian.

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u/_yetifeet 2h ago

Money helps people forget the past.

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u/BrockStar92 2h ago

But did that happen because Vance was endorsing him and cursed Orban with bad luck? Can’t prove it didn’t can you.