from #NewYorkTimes #NYT
[gift article]
Apr 13 2026

[I think her analysis is correct. Magyar is a conservative, but not a fascist type like Orban. Now the left will have a chance to recover.]

On Sunday, it happened: #ViktorOrban was defeated. In an election with the highest voter turnout in #Hungarys democratic history, #PeterMagyar’s #Tisza Party won a two-thirds supermajority, enough to alter the constitution that Orban had rewritten to shore up his power.

Some admirers of #Orban have argued that the fact that he lost proves he was never an autocrat to begin with. What it really demonstrates, however, is that opposition to #Fidesz was so strong it was able to overwhelm all the structures Orban put in place to protect his rule: wildly distorted voting districts, a captured media, state-sponsored propaganda, local patronage networks, and widespread threats and intimidation.

#news #politics #EUpol