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First the Pope, now Orban's government, what next!
Quick go visit Putin!
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Brilliant news for Hungary, Europe and Ukraine.
Now let's watch the theatrics of Vance crying about interference.
I must admit, even though he was down in the polls, I still expected him to win somehow. It gives me a little glimmer of hope that the world may not become an authoritarian hellscape.
I didn't really expect him to lose. But I had serious doubts if he would get out of the government after it.
But then, I don't know the details.
Even if he lost with a close result, he could have blocked lots of change. Fortunately, his opponent has a 2/3 majority, so Orban can't do anything. 😃
If the loss is big enough, there is no way to get the foot in the door, might not waste the political capital of a tantrum to keep doing damage leading opposition.
And the loss is basically a wipeout. They are practically irrelevant in Parliament, and Tisza, unlike in Poland, can just boot out any of their appointees as they have a supermajority.
The massive turnout also made it impossible to pull anything funny. It's relatively easy to slip in a few thousands of fake votes when you control the electoral apparatus, but trying to skew such a lopsided election with such an high participation rate would create participation rates above 100% in some places.
It was a good day
Thank you, people of Hungary. You rock
I'm very proud of Hungary. Even with the media capture and social media bombardment, the nation saw through the fog. And that voter turnout percentage is something I've never heard of in my lifetime in my country.
Edit: and now, best of luck to them dealing with white nationalism, homophobia and Zionism.
Holy shit, fantastic result! Orban deserved that lol
Yay. :)
I also note the turnout is huge, in the early evening, 75% of eligible people had voted.
An incredible number. That is civic duty!
75% of eligible people had voted
Fuck, if only the US could do this.
79.5% is the final number. Absolutely insane, people really had enough or Orban
Most important: it's even a 2/3 majority. Without that, Orban could have still blocked most of the changes. Now, he cannot.
looked set to win 94 of Hungary’s 106 voting districts.
Hell yeah.
In the back of my head, I'm slightly worried when a European country has a party that has more than 50% of the seats. We're supposed to not be two-party systems.
But on every other part of my head, this feels great. Good stuff, hungarians! I wish I had free money to invest into Hungary. Seems like a safe bet right now.
As I understand it, Orban has rewritten the laws so the biggest party gets an unproportional amount of seats. Works well when you are able to keep the opposition fractured, but less well when your comeuppance finally arrives.
Hopefully the new party will roll back those laws and make it more fair in future.
Other EU countries have a similar unfair system. They're quite easy to spot because they usually have 2 parties that get 90%+ of the seats.
Once that system is in place, the incentives of the party in power are to keep it, because they'd lose a supermajority if they win the next election cycle.
I honestly don't know how you could fix the system once it's so entrenched. I think it can only change if people become aware of how their shitty political situation (only 2 viable parties) is entirely created by this electoral system, and somehow demand a change.
Someone please tell me the opposition winner is legit and not another Russian stooge
Hard to tell right now. He used to be one of Orban's buddies up until a few years ago. He's saying the right things right now - less corruption, more services for Hungarians, closer ties to the EU and NATO.
But we'll see. From what I understand, Orban was also seen as a progressive about 20 years ago. But then Putin and greed got their hooks into him. Hopefully the new guy is legit.
If he is legit, I wonder his this will shift the dynamic in the EU. Without Hungary vetoing everything Putin doesn't like, does this clear the path more for Ukraine joining the EU and/or NATO? I know there are a lot of other factors in okay. But the people of Hungary might have just helped others and not just themselves.
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Budapest shouts "Russians out", in memory of the Hungarian uprising of 1956 and against the Putin asset they ousted today.
He's probably packing his suitcases for an "extended stay" in Russia. And some of them will be packed with money and gold...
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It surely feels good to see a fascist lose. That's enough for me these days.
Drunk with power he lost his sense in the end. Next Trump, Netanyahu, Putin and so on.
I think 2 of those 3 will be dead before ever handing over power
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I can't even imagine the elation Hungarians must be feeling right now!
It was insane, we partied until 3 am on the streets of Budapest. People were hanging from poles, shooting fireworks and dancing
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It's more like relief.
Big congratulations to the people of Hungary. Hopefully this is the start of a much better chapter in their country's history.
Let's hope, but I wouldn't hold my breath.
Orbán was already burnt, maybe they just put a new puppet (they = a country that produces vodka).
Let's see if he actually restores democracy.
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Literally can't believe it. Maybe there's hope yet.
Please Vance, vouch for Erdogan next time
JFC, things have gotten so bad that we are cheering for some Hungarian conservative winning an election.
While i'm happy Órban is out, do remember that Magyar is Órban-lite and Órban spent 16 years ensuring he'll be hard to get rid of. Magyar may've won the election but he's not in the clear yet.
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