Hungary’s opposition candidate has won the country’s momentous election, bringing Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s 16-year reign to an end and delivering a symbolic blow to the Trump administration.
Peter Magyar, leader of the pro-European conservative Tisza Party and Hungary's Prime Minister-elect, delivers a speech in Budapest, Hungary, on April 13, 2026. —Jakub Porzycki—Getty Images Peter ...
Visiting Hungary last year, I was surprised to learn that the vaunted playbook operationalized by Viktor Orban for dismantling democracy—mimicked by President Donald Trump—had, after years, led to the ...
WASHINGTON — In Hungary, President Donald Trump and his top officials used social media and an election-eve trip to Budapest to promote the country’s far-right prime minister in his reelection ...
• Concession: Veteran Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán accepted defeat in a parliamentary election on Sunday, ending his 16 years in power. He congratulated Péter Magyar, leader of the ...