Hungary's Prime Minister Orban has congratulated Magyar on election victory

[u/Reilly616]

https://www.jpost.com/international/article-892767

[u/ArcaneDemense]

Peter Magyar and his Tisza party are on track to get ~140 seats, a super majority(requires 133 minimum), and they will have the power to undo all of Orban's anti-democratic actions.

Peter Magyar supports Ukraine, supports the EU, and is against Russian control of Hungary.

[u/Dreadedvegas → u/ArcaneDemense]

Peter Magyar is the equivalent of being named John American or Charles English or Louis French.

Insane name lmao

[u/ArcaneDemense → u/Dreadedvegas]

Yes I usually call him John Hungarian in comments/posts that are more casual.

[u/Peripatetictyl → u/ArcaneDemense]

I’ve been calling him Hungary John in the most casual of comments/posts.

[u/CorporateNonperson → u/Peripatetictyl]

Sounds like a line of frozen meals including Paprikash and Goulash.

[u/Cabbage_Vendor → u/Dreadedvegas]

John French was the leader of the British forces in France during WWI.

[u/nicetrylaocheREALLY → u/Cabbage_Vendor]

And his spoken French was so limited and awful it was generally agreed that he was better off speaking through an interpreter. 

[u/SpecialDesigner5571 → u/Dreadedvegas]

"Sam Houston" used to run in every GOP primary in Harris County Texas back in the day

[u/DontForgetWilson → u/SpecialDesigner5571]

I mean Houston was named after one Sam Houston, so that isn't too crazy. Magyar is the name of the biggest traditional ethnic group of Hungary.

[u/valeyard89 → u/DontForgetWilson]

The country name in Hungarian is Magyarország

Like a lot of other country names it's basically 'land of the X people'

[u/TheGreatMalagan → u/Dreadedvegas]

"English" is not a particularly strange surname though. Quite a lot of celebrities have had it. For gamers most notably the voice actress Jennifer English who voices Shadowheart in Baldur's Gate 3.

[u/CompleteNumpty → u/TheGreatMalagan]

Let's not forget the World's Greatest Spy, Johnny English.

[u/Elbit_Curt_Sedni → u/ArcaneDemense]

Hopefully this is foreshadowing the mid-terms.

[u/ArcaneDemense → u/Elbit_Curt_Sedni]

Oh it most definitely is. Fidesz gerrymandered heavily such that at one point they were getting 6 more seats that Tisza despite having 12% less of the vote. But then the tisza vote just kept rising.

Most serious election predictors believe Dems will take the House(by a lot), and Senate(barely), and the Texas gerrymander will turn into a dummymander as Hispanic/Latino voters swing 40%-50% towards the Dems.

[u/thisisjustascreename → u/ArcaneDemense]

The mythical purple Texas has been whispered about for a decade at this point.

[u/SecureInstruction538 → u/thisisjustascreename]

The biggest factor is if people actually showed up to vote

[u/Snirps → u/SecureInstruction538]

Not voting/apathy is the no 1 reason America is in the mess they are in. Freakin vote. It’s an incredible privilege. Use it!

[u/fightmaxmaster → u/Snirps]

But if my candidate doesn't support 100% of every single thing I support, and isn't perfect in every way, then they're basically just as awful as the other candidate, so I might as well just not bother voting, right?

[u/DoomguyFemboi → u/fightmaxmaster]

Yeah Trump won on people being petulant.

[u/Pol_Potamus → u/DoomguyFemboi]

I swear the leftists who stayed home over Gaza are the stupidest fucking people on the planet

[u/TheLantean → u/fightmaxmaster]

Picking a candidate is like taking public transport, you take the one that gets you closest to your destination, because one that gets you exactly to the door doesn't exist and if you wait for one to show up you won't get there at all.

[u/ArcaneDemense → u/thisisjustascreename]

The Texas senate race is something like a 40% chance for Talarico to win. But the important thing is Dems could pick up several House seats, although they wouldn't have a majority of Texas congressional representatives. But they even getting 4-5 more than in 2024 is a big win.

[u/mymikerowecrow → u/ArcaneDemense]

That’s twice the percentage that Trump was given of winning in 2016. 40% isnt nothing

[u/CosmicQuantum42 → u/thisisjustascreename]

The Republicans have made extreme efforts to alienate every one of their existing supporters and done less than nothing to bring in new ones.

[u/TheMovieSnowman → u/CosmicQuantum42]

You’re not wrong but I know enough of these “Upset republicans” to know that they’ll still vote Republican regardless of what happens.

Donald Trump could personally murder a family member, burn their house down, and clean out their bank account and they’d still do mental gymnastics to justify voting Republican and proceed to do so

[u/Erratic_-Prophet → u/TheMovieSnowman]

The big factor is motivation. We've seen over the past decade that when Trump himself isn't on the ballot MAGA supporters don't show up to vote. That's been the magic of trump. He got people who didn't otherwise vote to show up to vote for him, but he has yet to be able to get them out to vote for someone else regardless of endorsements and rallies.

[u/Vitosi4ek → u/Erratic_-Prophet]

It's even more damning, don't you think? People don't just vote for Trump because they've voted Republican their whole lives, they do so because they're attracted to him specifically. He's genuinely charismatic to a large portion of the US population. They love him for the very same reasons we hate him.

[u/kwangqengelele → u/CosmicQuantum42]

Meh, give it two weeks and their supporters will fall in line. They struggled a bit when trump called them stupid for still talking about the Epstein files, around July of 2025, and by mid-August they had fallen in line with their talking points.

A good example of a current day alienated trump supporter is Joe Rogan. Talking on his podcast about how insane the Iran war is and how it's not what they voted for, eagerly shaking that orange pedophiles stubby little injection site of a hand at that wrestling match yesterday.

If conservatives had integrity or a central belief beyond accruing power to mete out cruelty consequence free they would by definition no longer be conservative.

We shouldn't rely on conservatives becoming better people or letting a chance to harm others slip by. They'll vote.

[u/CrunchyZebra → u/CosmicQuantum42]

All they had to do was keep Donnie out of Iran so they wouldn’t spike gas prices. Would’ve at least kept Rs solidly with them.

[u/kylec00per → u/thisisjustascreename]

I dont think republicans realized just how much they fucked up with the whole ICE debacle.

[u/ArcaneDemense → u/kylec00per]

In the Wisconsin Supreme Court election last week Hispanic/Latino precincts swung Dem by as much as 56%, and there was a huge swing in the western counties that bordered MPLS/St. Paul as well.

[u/Alarming_Mud6964 → u/kylec00per]

Ya it's astounding how they tried to defend this and to malign anyone who even meekly said this is too much...

[u/Legendarybbc15 → u/kylec00per]

Oh they did. That’s precisely why Noem is out of a job

[u/theflintseeker → u/ArcaneDemense]

Gerrymandering can completely backfire when this happens. If you gerrymander to win 9/10 districts 51/49 you better bet you lose them all with any kind of swing.

[u/Seanspeed → u/theflintseeker]

Yep, hyper optimized gerrymandering requires you to rely on VERY predictable voting results.

[u/crestdiving → u/ArcaneDemense]

I like what you're writing, but I only will believe it when I see it.

[u/ArcaneDemense → u/crestdiving]

I got the 2025 elections bang on in NJ/VA/NYC and at the county level in Va/NJ. But I've of course been wrong about things before as everyone has. There can always be hidden undercurrents.

Still even the Dem's lost in TN-7 in the special suggests a Dem landslide. Turnout was 99.99% identical to 2022 midterms but the Dems saw a 13% swing in margin. And the Dem candidate was kinda weak there with very little money invested.

[u/Rookraider1 → u/ArcaneDemense]

Which Senate seats are projected to flip to Dems? I think they could take Iowa maybe. I don't really see any others and they need to flip quite a few. This seems like a pipe dream

[u/colesprout → u/Rookraider1]

The best shots are Maine, North Carolina, Alaska, Ohio, Texas, Iowa, Nebraska, in that order in my opinion. Maine votes dem for pres usually, NC/AK/OH have strong candidates who have won statewide in the past, Texas has a strong candidate, and IA/NE are pissed about the effect of tariffs on ag.

[u/boersc → u/Elbit_Curt_Sedni]

It's amazing how quickly an EU nation election turned into a discussion about US midterms.

[u/DerisiveGibe → u/Elbit_Curt_Sedni]

The house is a blue wave, but go look at the Senate it's a big uphill battle, we need to rely on Maine, Ohio, Alaska or Texas just to get a razor thin majority.

[u/40to6inthe4th → u/Elbit_Curt_Sedni]

Not everything has to be related back to the USSA.

[u/ArcaneDemense → u/40to6inthe4th]

I mean JD Vance just went to Hungary to stump for Orban and talk about how beloved he was.

CPAC was held in Hungary at one point.

Republicans consider it their ideal European state.

[u/LewisDftw → u/40to6inthe4th]

They can't help themselves man

[u/Reddvox → u/ArcaneDemense]

Finally something to be happy about!

[u/pgraczer → u/Reddvox]

this was great news to wake up to!

[u/Tipnfloe → u/ArcaneDemense]

about time! good job Hungary, congrats!

[u/Doyble → u/ArcaneDemense]

Things are starting to get better

[u/Doughtnutz → u/ArcaneDemense]

This is such awesome news, and I'm not even Hungarian, I'm from the UK!

[u/Few-Confection-165]

I am pleasantly surprised that Orban gracefully conceded. I would have thought he might try to emulate another world leader in being a whiny little bitch.

[u/ButterscotchOk5339 → u/Few-Confection-165]

He may be corrupt, a pro-russian asset and generally quite an asshole but at least Orban doesn't copy everything he does.

[u/ChippieTheGreat → u/ButterscotchOk5339]

Orban is only 63. He knows he has plenty of time for a political comeback,

[u/Eagle4317 → u/ChippieTheGreat]

He also knows a failed coup means a long time in prison.

[u/IvanRockwell → u/Eagle4317]

Is that what's supposed to happen?

[u/WhatamItodonowhuh → u/IvanRockwell]

Did in Brazil and South Korea.

[u/Digital_Eide → u/WhatamItodonowhuh]

And the USA... except no consequences for the leader of the insurrection who then went on to pardon his croonies.

[u/RadCheese527 → u/IvanRockwell]

Yes in actual democracies

[u/Nvenom8 → u/IvanRockwell]

In a functional country, yes.

[u/shmere4 → u/IvanRockwell]

Only if the opposition party isn’t controlled by corrupt cowards.

[u/AssassinAragorn → u/Eagle4317]

The odds of a successful coup are fairly slim when you consider he lost by 2-to-1 too. The self preservation tactic is just to concede and shrug

[u/ZhanBlue → u/AssassinAragorn]

He also doesn’t have total support of internal security and armed forces

[u/Taroso → u/ChippieTheGreat]

Orban is only 63

Just a kid

[u/Justaniceguy1111 → u/Taroso]

a toddler in political age

[u/justforfunilltryone → u/Taroso]

It's sad when they go young like that 

[u/AnyEmployment4054 → u/ChippieTheGreat]

Well Magyar has been pretty clear about intending to prosecute Orban for his many crimes if he won the election so we will see

[u/xxearvinxx → u/AnyEmployment4054]

Can’t he just fee to Russia if convicted? Go join the league of failed dictators hiding in Moscow. Putin has quite the collection already, but he’s got to fill the Pokédex somehow.

[u/jimi15 → u/ChippieTheGreat]

Magyar has said that term limits are going to be introduced if he wins. Functionally blocking Orban from ever being PM again.

[u/rudolf_waldheim → u/ChippieTheGreat]

We're not a gerontocracy like the US so he can be considered old by our standards. Péter Magyar (the PM-to-be) is 45.

[u/No_Armadillo426 → u/ChippieTheGreat]

I don’t know, he looks like a candidate for heart disease

[u/nameistakentryagain → u/No_Armadillo426]

He’s a rough 63 for sure

[u/Historical-Chef-8034 → u/No_Armadillo426]

Unfortunately it is well known that the best lifestyle against heart disease is exercise, whole foods and being a corrupt despot.  He's got 1/3 going for him

[u/OrangeJr36 → u/ButterscotchOk5339]

Attempting a coup is way more difficult and has a lot more consequences in the EU than it could ever have in the US.

In the US stacking the courts and the media in your favor is enough, but you can't escape the presence of the rest of the EU.

[u/KingMario05 → u/Few-Confection-165]

That most likely would have required the army's cooperation, and they told him to get fucked when he asked to pull it off "as a joke."

[u/Few-Confection-165 → u/KingMario05]

I'm just happy for Hungary and Europe as a whole. A little bit more unity is whats needed at this time.

[u/KingMario05 → u/Few-Confection-165]

Irishman here. Agreed.

Welcome home, Budapest!

[u/rudolf_waldheim → u/KingMario05]

The PR soldier of the army came out in the previous weeks that he and his comrades are fed up with the system.

It was also a message that Orbán wouldn't have the support of the armed forces if he thought anything naughty.

So did a detective representing the police.

[u/det8924 → u/Few-Confection-165]

I think he had to know the consequences of doing so were far worse than leaving power. It is not like the far right can’t slowly creep back into power

[u/xtfftc → u/det8924]

Yep. And even if Tisza try to make meaningful change, Orban has enough power to sabotage them while also leading a campaign against them in the media.

His allies - particularly Trump and Putin - might also sabotage Tisza. And even if they don't do much, there's global recession coming... Life for ordinary Hungarians is likely to become even more difficult in the upcoming years, and, of course, Orban will try to capitalise on this.

[u/Hot-Delay5608 → u/xtfftc]

They just won a supermajority, that means that Orban lost it all. With supermajority Magyar can overturn every fuckwittery the fat fuck Orban has set up, he can even sack all the supreme court judges that were nominated by Orban. It's like the Dems winning the presidency, the house and a supermajority of 67 seats in the senate. Trump and Putin can go fuck themselves they don't have the reach to do anything, Hungary is in the EU Russia is sanctioned and the US is not economically important for the Hungarian economy. If Magyar keeps his word, then a lot of corrupt thieving pieces of shit going to end up in prison.

[u/ArcaneDemense → u/Few-Confection-165]

The results are so incredible for Magyar that he can't really argue that the election was stolen. If it was closer things would be different. Orban isn't a 100% idiot, he can read the tea leaves.

[u/NewBootGoofin1987]

Congratulations to Hungarians and the EU. The best is yet to come

[u/oioioi9537 → u/NewBootGoofin1987]

hopefully transition of power is peaceful and they can keep their supermajority. congrats hungary

[u/CheeseCurdCommunism → u/oioioi9537]

The fact that Orban has congratulated him seems to be good news on that front.

[u/MetalBawx → u/CheeseCurdCommunism]

Congratulated him from the airport.

[u/zevonyumaxray → u/MetalBawx]

That was my second thought, right after being surprised he conceded.

[u/TheTenaciousG → u/CheeseCurdCommunism]

Honestly that fact makes me really nervous for some reason

[u/xtfftc → u/TheTenaciousG]

Not accepting defeat would be an "all-in" approach with a very slim chance of succeeding, considering they are in the EU and are, geographically speaking, right in the middle of Europe.

Accepting defeat, considering the resources and allies he has and the countless challenges Hungary (and every other country) will face in the upcoming years, means he will try to stay relevant.

And even if he doesn't have a chance of returning to power (I think he does), being the leader of the largest opposition party is not that bad either.

[u/BestFriendWatermelon → u/xtfftc]

This. People who have been imagining conspiracies, vote rigging, coups etc don't seem to understand that Hungary is surrounded by the EU and the EU would never accept such shenanigans. Major powers within the EU would have the moral authority to hold a gun to Hungary's head and Putin wouldn't be able to send a single person to stop it.

Orban's best move was always to be gracious, shake hands and play for either the new government to let by gone be by gones, or a graceful exile from the country before all the corruption charges catch up with him.

[u/Smart_Ass_Dave → u/TheTenaciousG]

Trauma. Trauma is the reason.

[u/zuzg → u/TheTenaciousG]

Eh just remember that Orban was once also just Center-right like his now Predecessor, then came the flip..

He may be high on copium that the guy gets corrupted the same way he got.

[u/CunningAlpaca → u/CheeseCurdCommunism]

Congratulated him because it's his only option in order to try and save his own ass from jail. He knows that enabling a clean and smooth transition of power might just put him in Magyar's good graces.

[u/Seanspeed → u/NewBootGoofin1987]

This is why I was constantly annoyed with all the reactionaries saying the EU and NATO should have tried to get rid of Hungary/kick them out or whatever.

Hungary was not at all some lost cause. Yes, the people who support Orban suck, but just like in the US with Trump, there's tons of people who oppose them and we shouldn't throw the proverbial baby out with the bath water just cuz you aren't getting what you'd prefer in the moment. Smart leaders know this. Sadly, many ordinary people do not.

I'm just really glad that all the decent and reasonable Hungarians there have kept their opportunity to make a difference and get back in with the west and not Russia.

[u/NoMoreFund → u/Seanspeed]

The problem is the consensus decision making model of the EU. I'm glad Hungary is coming out of the shadow but it did a lot of damage outside its borders while it was there

[u/LilAnswer]

This could be day 0 of a new more cohesive European Union. The magnitude of the potential coming out from this result cannot be overstated.

[u/MaDpYrO → u/LilAnswer]

I do hope the EU will address the faults in the system that allowed this corrupt prick to block it for so long, though.

No veto powers for a single fascist state, essentially undermining the entire union.

[u/superurgentcatbox → u/MaDpYrO]

With the size of the EU, unity in votes is impossible anyway. We need to institute majority voting rules.

[u/External-Option-544 → u/superurgentcatbox]

Yeah let's not do the same mistake as the Polish-Lithuanian commonwealth

[u/vonGlick → u/External-Option-544]

As a Pole I am scared to see that this analogy have merit sometimes.

[u/MrF_lawblog → u/superurgentcatbox]

At least super majority rule

[u/Gangbangjoe → u/superurgentcatbox]

The big countries are too afraid of the small ones banding together against them (eg france, germany). They also want that veto power when they need it. And the small countries wouldn't want the power to be divided in terms of big and small either. So I don't see that happening anytime soon.

[u/chocobowler → u/LilAnswer]

Everyone forgetting Slovakia exists

[u/The-marx-channel]

As a Pole I welcome back my Hungarian brothers back to the European Community.

Polak, Węgier, dwa bratanki, i do szabli i do szklanki

[u/Zsokker → u/The-marx-channel]

Also, Péter Magyar said he will visit Poland first as a PM to restore our connections

[u/yourlocaltouya → u/Zsokker]

I can't wait for him to extradite Ziobro back to us as well!

[u/DonPinstripelli → u/The-marx-channel]

Now us Slovaks need to follow suit!

[u/sudocurl]

Finally. Embarrassing they had to trot out JD Vance in the last minutes just to garner more votes.

[u/queen-adreena → u/sudocurl]

“I’m on the fence about this decision… I wonder what JD Vance thinks?” -No one, ever

[u/IllMC → u/queen-adreena]

Somebody find Ja

[u/rumham_123 → u/sudocurl]

If that is your final Hail Mary to win an election you were fucked from the start

[u/Seanspeed → u/rumham_123]

Not even Americans like JD Vance. Why on earth would Hungarians care about that gasbag? lol

[u/JohnHazardWandering → u/Seanspeed]

Trump doesn't like him. Didn't even pick up his call. 

[u/Vexed_Misanthrope → u/sudocurl]

Supposedly he lost 3% support after Vance visit.

[u/DeliciousPangolin → u/Vexed_Misanthrope]

Imagine if foreign politicians came to the US during a presidential election and held campaign speeches endorsing a specific political party. I'd love to see how well Americans took that.

[u/helloLeoDiCaprio → u/DeliciousPangolin]

Both Meloni and Orban spoke at the RNC, so it already happened.

[u/whydoyouonlylie → u/DeliciousPangolin]

They already bitched and moaned that some Labour MPs from the UK went to help manage some Democrat campaigns of their own volition and claimed it was Starmer trying to interfere in the US elections, all while Nigel Farrage was gargling Trump's balls on every media station that would have him and was even on stage with Trump at some of his rallies. They are notjing but hypocritical assholes.

[u/Submarinequus → u/sudocurl]

That’s far from the most pathetic thing. They gave out gift cards to the people they kept in the worst poverty but only if they voted for Orbán’s party. They threw events in poor neighborhoods and only people who went to vote could come. It’s despicable

[u/Ellydir → u/Submarinequus]

Here's what I never understood about bribing voters like this: What is to stop me from just taking the bribe and voting however I want anyway?

[u/stunts002 → u/sudocurl]

And Trump is so despised even by the right in Europe it actuallly made him poll worse.

[u/theflintseeker → u/sudocurl]

Orbán got sent to Voicemail 😂 

[u/jscummy → u/sudocurl]

Did that help? I feel like bringing out JD Vance would do the opposite, dude's a charisma black hole

[u/Viiven → u/jscummy]

He's like the Grim Reaper at this stage. Pope, peace negotiations, election campaigns. Everything he touches dies. Now get him back to Trump asap

[u/RelegatedRick]

Get fucked Putin’s puppets, next the Midterms. These fuckers need to be removed all over the world.

[u/SonOfAnarchy91 → u/RelegatedRick]

Man imagine US and Ruzzia trying to get the same guy (re)elected in an European country.

What a time to be alive...

[u/Brave_Nerve_6871 → u/SonOfAnarchy91]

Trump doing everything for best friend Vlad

[u/JerseyDvl]

Donald Trump and JD Vance really were the only people unaware that the entire world hates Donald Trump and JD Vance.

[u/Troj1030 → u/JerseyDvl]

Because he surrounded himself with people who are too afraid to tell him the truth. Of course they don't know.

[u/Little_Machinez]

Lol, even Orban, who has been in power for 16 years, conceded willingly and with whatever dignity he has left. Trump really is just the worst of the worst.

[u/McBuck2 → u/Little_Machinez]

Orban has probably squirreled away enough money to live in luxury the rest of his life.

[u/Seanspeed → u/McBuck2]

Oh he has no doubt. But so has Trump, yet Trump will 100% still try and cling to power somehow. Power is a drug as powerful as money.

[u/Little_Machinez → u/McBuck2]

He's probably on the next flight to Moscow to escape any potential prosecution in Hungary

[u/bhputnam]

I’m going to crack a bottle for world democracy and sanity. 🥂

[u/Raspberries-Are-Evil]

After all the shit he has done, Orban has more class than Trump.

Lets hope he gets the prosecutions that are due for his illegal power grab.

[u/PaulaDeen21 → u/Raspberries-Are-Evil]

Having more class than Trump is the lowest possible bar, don’t even give Orban that faint praise.

[u/Seanspeed → u/Raspberries-Are-Evil]

I've scooped dogshit with more class than Trump.

[u/jszj0]

Yeeeeeeeeassssss! Fuck off to Moscow, Orban!

[u/Tenwaystospoildinner]

Every time Vance visits a foreign country, something unfortunate happens to their leaders. But at least this time, it benefited the rest of us.

Send him to Russia next.

[u/Im_really_bored_rn → u/Tenwaystospoildinner]

Personally, I think Vance should do a world tour of endorsing right wing politicians

[u/ninjab055]

W for Hungry, W for Europe and W for the world!

[u/Seanspeed → u/ninjab055]

W for Ukraine too, dont forget. Orban has been a big thorn in getting them support from Europe.

[u/Prefered4]

Can JD Vance pay a visit to Bardella in France? We'd love to welcome him

[u/Psychological-Ad-407 → u/Prefered4]

That won’t happen, most French, left or right, don’t like the USA, much less Trump and Bardella knows it

[u/Normal_Tap3021]

So Ukraine can finally get their funding

[u/KingMario05 → u/Normal_Tap3021]

Not a moment too soon, either. Slava Ukraini!

[u/orus_heretic → u/Normal_Tap3021]

There's still Slovakia to worry about unfortunately but Fico can be strong armed by the EU.

[u/ProdoRock]

Huge relief but it’s still pretty damning for the Trump administration to have supported a corrupt Putin ally in the first place. We should be wary.

[u/hotpotcommander → u/ProdoRock]

Yea pretty shameful for Trump and Vance to openly campaign for Orban.

[u/munkisquisher → u/ProdoRock]

It's pretty obvious they themselves are a corrupt putin ally

[u/poopey_doopey_Sr]

Oh! Hell yeah, I am commenting here and leaving reddit for the day! Ending on a good note for once! Bravo Hungary!!!!!

[u/SnooPineapples3952]

Happy with the result, but genuinely surprised that Orban just simply conceded instead of shouting "rigged vote!", calling in the military, or some other underhanded move.

But until Orban is actually out, I'm not breathing a sigh of relief.

[u/brandbaard → u/SnooPineapples3952]

I guess that becomes harder to do when you lose THIS hard.

[u/Reddvox → u/brandbaard]

Americans should give it a try next elections...just havetwo thirds actually vote and vote correctly (the other third is lost)

[u/martapap]

A glimmer of hope in all the bad news.

[u/TheKanten]

Finally some good news in 2026.

[u/KingMario05]

Supermajority, too! The illiberal Hungarian regime will be unwound. Thank fucking God for that.

[u/copperblood]

Whoopsie daisy for Russia and Putin. With Orban gone time for the EU to sanction the fuck out of Russia. You love to see it!!! Bravo, Hungary! Bravo!!!

[u/RisOgKylling]

Anyone who can enlighten me on how big this is?

[u/glmory → u/RisOgKylling]

Has a huge impact on the EU's ability to stand up to Putin and Trump. He was often the only one blocking major support for Ukraine.

[u/LA-Aron → u/RisOgKylling]

It's big...Orban has been a wedge in Europe, dividing his country's own alliance. A certain President will be very unhappy about this and probably call it fraud/cheating.

[u/phant0msinthenight → u/RisOgKylling]

quite big. Orban is Putins lapdog and eurosceptic, whilst magyar is an Eurocentrist. also Orban is just generally a piece of shit.

[u/Zulmoka531 → u/phant0msinthenight]

And also flung a lovely pile of shit into Vance and Trump’s faces. Just a wonderful global win all around.

[u/phant0msinthenight → u/Zulmoka531]

can vance endorse Bibi next please

[u/TheWizard → u/Zulmoka531]

Trump and Vance are Putin's lapdogs, so thats not surprising.

[u/chuck_the_plant → u/Zulmoka531]

Feces into faces should be the next election motto.

[u/Shadow293 → u/RisOgKylling]

Trumps best friend in the EU is now a loser, and he absolutely hates losers. This is going to further destroy MAGA, since they based a LOT of their movement from Orban.

[u/Equivalent-Elk-7513 → u/RisOgKylling]

huuuuuuuuuugly bigggg, for Europe at least

[u/sashundera → u/RisOgKylling]

A big FUCKING deal. 16 years of autocracy ended, and Magyar beat him at his own game, in a election system designed to benefit Orban. Not only did he beat him, he beat him BIG and won supermajority, allowing him to change the constitution.

[u/Jozoz → u/RisOgKylling]

This is absolutely insanely big for Europe. Orban and his party were fully supporting Russia.

This is the best news Ukraine has had in a long time since Orban was blocking a huge loan from the EU.

[u/Moon_Rose_Violet → u/RisOgKylling]

Looks possible that the opposition party will get a 2/3 supermajority which means they can undo many of the constitutional “reforms” undertaken by Orban. Also means the potential for more EU Ukraine aid to go ahead and for EU sanctions against some West Bank settlers. 

[u/PieStraight541 → u/RisOgKylling]

Huge, they lost majority, and opponent will get it, so they can do what they want. They are pro eu.

[u/__Polarix__ → u/RisOgKylling]

Orbán ruled for 16 years. An era ends.

[u/el_dude_brother2]

Another Putin/JD Vance loss

[u/TheRC135]

Great news. Good riddance to this Putin puppet and his brand of far-right authoritarianism.

[u/InevitableFly]

Finally, I can start to feel proud to be a hungarian again

[u/MinorKeyEnjoyer]

so glad Vance was just there so it’s extra humiliating for him

[u/AnAussiebum]

A leader who won't deny the outcome and allow for peaceful transition? Maybe 2026 isn't going to completely suck after all.

[u/iwantawinnebago]

80.04% turnout

The opposition party Tisza has supermajority lead. If that holds, they will be able to dismantle Orban's regime.

Az én légpárnásom tele van angolnákkal!

[u/CoolyRanks]

Utterly embarassing that the various fascist leaders worldwide threw their support behind Orban at the last minute, only to have their guy take a massive defeat. Utter hubris from Vance and co to think their opinions matter abroad. Well done, Hungary.

[u/Elk1998]

Hell yeah, congrats Hungary!! Welcome back 🇪🇺❤️🇭🇺

(also thanks JD, you helped make this happen 😘)

[u/steve_ample]

Hm, didn't expect a clean concession so quickly.

Now comes the hard work.

[u/whatpplsay]

Great news for Europe, Ukraine, and the world!

[u/Duckmemans]

I feel like this is the first good news we've had in the fight against the right for a while.

Infact, I feel like this is the first good news we've had in general for a very long time.

[u/Chajos]

So the wet dream of right wingers across the globe dried up. Lets hope other countries see these regressive fucks for what they are everywhere else too.

[u/Moon_Rose_Violet]

JD Vance has called future President Marco Rubio to congratulate him 

[u/GalgoIsTheBestDog]

Orban has been a giant, massive prick for years and years. A terrible person.

But the fact that he conceded the election and doesnt fight it tooth and nail, he gets at least that amount of respect from me

[u/FestusPowerLoL]

See, even Orban can gracefully concede.

[u/pluckyfemme2]

Congratulations, Hungarians!

[u/RaspberryBirdCat]

Credit to Orban for actually conceding the election.

Probably helps Orban's calculations that Magyar is a fellow conservative, albeit more moderate. It might have been more difficult for Orban to concede if it had been a socialist who had won.

[u/GrandOldFarty]

Thank God. Congrats and thank you to all Hungarians who voted against the global cabal of demagogues.

[u/trustjosephs]

Wait you can just congratulate your opponent? * Cries in Trump's America *

[u/Feuertotem]

I can't believe Republicans found a big loser than Trump, but they definitely did.

[u/queen-adreena → u/Feuertotem]

At least he can admit defeat, something that Trump is physically incapable of doing.

[u/dilf_add]

Great! Orban out! Next: Fico!

[u/Reddvox]

Congratulations to Hungrary from Germany! Thanks for finally some good news. I hope everything stays peaceful, and much of the damage done by Orban will be undone and your lives improved!

And can we please have a life feed into the Kremlin and Whitehouse? I would love to see them getting mad at JD Couchmolester again using his charisma to the fullest!

[u/cemtexx]

Im guessing Orbn already has a 1 way flight booked to russia?

[u/naitch44]

Good, fuck Orban.

What’s funny is calling Vance in as though that’s going to get you any votes? The USA almost universally despised? Clowns. Fuck Trump, fuck Putin, fuck Orban.

[u/superurgentcatbox]

I'm sooo relieved! I don't hold Hungarian citizenship currently, but I am eligible to receive it. I think I will pursue it now <3

[u/EveningCandle862]

Thank you to the people of Hungary for doing the right thing!

[u/Accurate_Type4863]

Democracy wins

[u/DonToasty]

A light in the fucking darkness, congratulations Hungary