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Can breathe a sigh of relief for another year or so... Until the next election in a EU country.
Viktor Orban is not going to be around forever, Russia is desperate to get more obstructionists into power in the EU.
If im not Mistaken, Czechia is the next to have an election where a Euroskeptic , Pro Trump/Putin , or Isolationist candidate is in the running and has a chance? Someone is welcome to educate me on that.
As an American, where the fuck are our 38 year olds?!
Until the next election in a EU country.
Viktor Orban is not going to be around forever
He's up for reelection in April 2026, and he's going to lose badly as it looks like now. Orange line is his party. And this summary is skewed most likely and overestimates him, as it takes his own polls into account, you can see that big outlier orange dot over everything on the right. In the current fucked up system, a lead like this is almost enough to rewrite the constitution.
(Legend is a bit confusing, it's TISZA getting ahead, not MSZP, luckily.)
Hungary has hope now.
Sauce: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opinion_polling_for_the_2026_Hungarian_parliamentary_election
nothing is certain.
Look at what happened in the last 12 months in Canada, and how the Conservatives went from unbeatable, a 25-35% lead, to ultimatley losing
You're right, but I'll take this over anything in the past 30 years. And it will get messy, Orbán will not leave peacefully. But he is making mistake after mistake. These polls don't reflect taking the side of the losing Hungarophobic (no, really) Romanian Nazi presidential candidate Simion - TISZA leadership are literally walking 300km to Oradea from Budapest in a unifying gesture as we speak. And a lot of other things that have happened, like the recent scandal when it was revealed they were / are still trying to start an own invasion of Ukraine. Also Trump.
The DK for example just imploded and are likely to disappear. MM has conceded the election in advance in favour of TISZA.
That said, Orbán can and will change the election system in the coming year, and there is a lot of shit still coming. But something has broken in the system in Hungary in the past 6 months that can't be rebuilt as it was.
and he's going to lose badly as it looks like now.
we were assuming that for how many cycles now?
That's Romania saying no to MAGA style populism.
It's been a good run lately, we've eked out wins in Germany, France, Canada, Australia, Croatia, and Romania
Beware of moderate political parties trying to appease the far-right with their policies if they get into power. It's happened in the UK.
It's been happening in the US for a long time too.
The CDU should barely be considered a win in Germany. They pave the road that the AfD will walk down. Conservatives make everything worse and fascists thrive in poor conditions.
Here in Australia the supposed “MAGA style populism” lost because they were the complete opposite of that. They were offering basically nothing different to the current left wing government. They would have likely won had they actually been an opposition and campaigned on and promised what the Republicans did.
Huh? What nonsense. The LNP started falling in the polls right when Trump got into office and started destroying America. They tried a few Trumpian policies and were forced to backflip because of how unpopular it made them.
Dutton's attempt to replicate Trump was roundly rejected by Australians. And rightly so.
Good job Romanians, let's watch how this Dan guy does in other aspects of politics, and keep him accountable
What a gigantic sigh of relief
The article shows a photo of voting booths with curtains, with neighbouring booths coloured like the Romanian flag.
Do we have any Romanians here? Can you confirm whether or not they actually do this? That's honestly hilariously awesome if so.
I suppose it depends on the building, where I went to vote (and most places i've seen in live coverages) just had plain blueish curtains
Good job Romania!
Send the Nazis packing!