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.
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.
Hopefully the new party will roll back those laws and make it more fair in future.
thanks Vance 👍❤️🇺🇸
First the Pope, now Orban’s government, what next!
Also Canada.
Hopefully he’s still in office to come to Australia in mid 2028 and ensure us a Labor/Greens victory.
Budapest shouts “Russians out”, in memory of the Hungarian uprising of 1956 and against the Putin asset they ousted today.
Please Vance, vouch for Erdogan next time
It surely feels good to see a fascist lose. That’s enough for me these days.
Big congratulations to the people of Hungary. Hopefully this is the start of a much better chapter in their country’s history.
Thank you! Feels good to be a Hungarian again after decades of shame
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.
they = a country that produces vodka
Fecking meddling Finns!
He’s probably packing his suitcases for an “extended stay” in Russia. And some of them will be packed with money and gold…
JFC, things have gotten so bad that we are cheering for some Hungarian conservative winning an election.
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.
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
Great pic. How’s the hangover? :D
It’s more like relief.
Someone please tell me the opposition winner is legit and not another Russian stooge
He’s against support for Ukraine. So, outlook not so good. On paper, he’s an improvement over Orbán but he’s still at least center-right. We won’t know until he starts implementing policies.
He’s legit, no worries on that front. Implementing policies and promises - let’s see, but I’m optimistic
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.
That will truly be a major test. Man, I’m hoping for a legitimate win for once. This could be the biggest shift since Carney’s victory in Canada. I’ve also sadly seen how gullible people can believe lies like, “America First” and “No New Wars,” and take a pathological liar at their word. Leaving aside the longer-term games being played by billionaires.
Here’s hoping for the best. I’m just honestly a bit shocked that he relinquished power this easily.
There’s another EU member with a russian stooge in power, isn’t there? I could be wrong but I think it was Slovakia that recently elected one.
Still great news that Orban is out.
I was gonna say Belarus but they’re not in the EU.
Fuck Lukashenko too though
C’mon, guy is a lot of things but not a friend to Russia
Let’s hope he doesn’t suffer from sudden and acute defenestration.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Yay. :)
I also note the turnout is huge, in the early evening, 75% of eligible people had voted.
79.5% is the final number. Absolutely insane, people really had enough or Orban
What’s the catch? Just watched John Oliver and got the impression this was impossible
Orban put so many of his cronies everywhere, it will take years if not decades to restore the country
Since it’s a 2/3 blowout, all of those can be simply removed.
The biggest danger going forward is Tisza becoming corrupt by either not going through with removing them, or becoming like Fidesz was.
They state they won’t.
My hope was that Tisza would be 1 or 2 seats away from the super majority and there would be another opposition party (non orban, non nationalist) in parliament to actually be there to stamp things
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.
Thanks for sending J.D. Vance our way, it definitely helped!
I am getting the feeling that JD is not really talented in politics
