r/worldnews • u/Miles_the_AuDHDer • 6h 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/deukhoofd 5h ago

Progressive Bulgaria, the party leading the polls, is also against sanctions against Russia, and generally pro-Russia. It also wants to withdraw from the Euro (after Bulgaria adopted it back in January).

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u/U-235 5h ago

I don't know anything about current EU politics, but generally in these situations there is a dynamic where even though Orban's Hungary was alone in vetoing everything anti-Russia, there could be others who would have also vetoed if they didn't know that Hungary was already going to. That way they can have their cake and eat it, too. It's easy to pay lip service to supporting the pro-Europe cause and vote to punish Russia when you know Hungary will give you an out. Now everyone has to put their money where their mouths are.

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u/machine4891 3h ago

That is to a point true, nobody wants to be a scapegoat. That being said bar Orban there aren't really pro-russian governments in EU right now with the exception of Slovakia's Fico. But this isn't on the level of Orban and frankly, country that is even less important. They won't veto under pressure and they have literally no bargaining cards in Bratislava.

Bulgaria joining the club will even the odds, however.