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Hungary elections live: Orban has conceded defeat after 16 years in power
(www.the-independent.com)
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WWWW-WHAT?!??!??! FINALLY
now there no putin pain in europe
now there no dictators in EU
now putin cant go money through hungary for his friends
i hope some day it also happen in russia
PUTIN FUCK YOU
i feel dopamine in my head, im really happy that orban failed
because it also support putin's regime in my country
and he putin friend so there no putin and friends money flow to EU
Don't forget about Slovakia tho
really? didnt know bad things about them
nice, I hope Belarus is next.
The new minister president is called Magyar? Well done as always, Kojima...
The new Prime Minister but yes, well done Kojima.
How much damage did he do while in?
putin's money transit in EU
corruption
faking prev elections(as im know)
LGBTQIA repressions
ignoring EU
anti ukraine
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taking the quality of political discourse from not great to flinging excrement at each other
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intentionally dividing society, making the two sides more hostile toward each other and making one part scapegoat for the other, to the point of overusing the word 'traitor'
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gerrymandering done so extensively that he had to resort to explaining the problems with his very own creation to his voters, because the system magnifies the differences, giving you a 2/3 majority of the seats even by just winning 52%/40% (hence the radical change from government 2/3 to opposition 2/3 over one term).
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environmental damage to several areas due to covering up the failure of safety measures around various, newly built battery factories. Cadmium, cobalt and similarly dangerous substances seeping into the soil and groundwater.
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health care system neglected and severely underfunded (soap, toilet paper and/or seats missing from hospitals, workers underpaid, air con not working during the peak summer heat, staffing issues, etc.)
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education system kept underfunded and dumbed down to get more low skilled workers for the industry
There might be more, but all of the above will take several years (possibly >4 years) to undo, and global economy isn't helping, either - all this after stealing stellar amounts of money and leaving an empty treasury for the next government. I don't have high hopes for anyone trying to steer this back from disaster under just one term.
I don’t know why I think this, but this man looks a bit like he could be a garbage pail kid.. ?
What does this even mean
My cynical prediction is that the new government will struggle to hold anyone accountable, will soon have their own corruption scandals and will be out of power before they can fix anything. As we have seen in US and Poland voters are pretty stupid and if they voted for a crook once they will most likely vote for a crook again. There's also a crisis coming, a crisis that will be blamed entirely on the government. I really hope the new government will prove to be extremely effective at prosecuting Orban and his cronies, will fix the system, people will love them and they will govern for the next 16 years but I'm yet to see government like that.
If we're lucky this will help EU send aid to Ukraine and approve new sanctions on Russia. If we're unlucky this will get blocked somehow anyway.
iirc the eu funds impounded due to democratic backsliding are worth more than the oil crisis, not to mention they can actually pass the wealth tax immediately with their new supermajority unlike biden's plan and the divided senate
We need to be sending JD Vance to every country in the world. He visited the Pope, the Pope immediately died of cringe and was replaced by an even woker Pope. Then he visits Hungary and topples an authoritarian strongman who'd been holding onto power for 16 years. Can he campaign for Putin next?
This is why I think maga will collapse with just JD and no orange
I will say Thank You after a Vance-Vovka meeting results in an autodefenestration.
It's only cringe if it's from the cringé region of france, otherwise, it's just sparkling shame.
Can he visit Putin next?
Can he meet with Netanyahu?
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Viktor Orbán has consolidated control over approximately 80% of Hungarian media, alongside capturing the Supreme Court, lower courts, and key government agencies. He has enriched himself and his family while creating a network of loyal oligarchs, most notably his childhood friend, a former gas industry worker now worth over €5 billion through the redirection of EU funds.
Breaking this entrenched system will be a challenge for Magyar.
It is amazing what parliamentary control can do if the party in control is willing to use that power. I hope Magyar actually bothers to exploit his victory.
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A good day for Hungary a good day for Europe. Putin's most valuable asset in the EU is losing power, Hungary's descent into autocracy is at least taking a brake if not having a chance of getting reversed.
This is an achievement of the Hungarian people that did not fall for the increasingly desperate disinformation by the largely Fidesz controlled media and to a a small extend also to JD Vance's support for the Tisza campaign ... by interfering into the Hungarian election and backing the Fidesz regime, like Russian propaganda was doing as well.
Anyone know anything about the new guy? It's almost surprising that Orbán was willing to concede.
It's actually a good question, he wants wealth taxes and term limits, but waves Hungarian flags around and quotes Reagan.
He's a hardline pro-EU nationalist who likes socialist policies and hates rich people.
He made promises of dragging them all through the justice system for corruption and embezzlement. People voted for him because they want to see consequences. I hope it happens.
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