Posted on 04/03/2022 1:36:25 PM PDT by Angelino97
Early results from Hungary’s national election on Sunday showed a strong lead for the right-wing party of pro-Putin nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban as he seeks a fourth consecutive term.
With 43% of votes tallied, Orban’s Fidesz-led coalition had won 57% of the vote while a pro-European opposition coalition, United for Hungary, had 31%, according to the National Election Office.
Although vote counting was still underway, all signs pointed to a clear endorsement for Orban's populist style of governance.
The contest was expected to be the closest since Orban took power in 2010, thanks to Hungary’s six main opposition parties putting aside their ideological differences to form a united front against Fidesz. Voters were electing lawmakers to the country’s 199-seat parliament.
Yet even in his home district, opposition leader Peter Marki-Zay trailed the longtime Fidesz incumbent Janos Lazar by more than 11 points, with 74% of the votes counted there. It was a discouraging sign for the prime ministerial candidate who had promised to end to what he alleges is rampant government corruption and raise living standards by increasing funding to Hungary’s ailing health care and schools.
In a surprise performance, radical right-wing party Our Homeland Movement had garnered more than 6% of the vote, exceeding the 5% threshold needed to gain seats in parliament.
Opposition parties and international observers have noted structural impediments to defeating Orban, highlighting pervasive pro-government bias in the public media, the domination of commercial news outlets by Orban allies and a heavily gerrymandered electoral map.
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And the party, Our Homeland Movement, is described as "radical right-wing."
Nope. No bias in this article.
What a pile. Hungarians are pro-putin, uh huh.
Now the anti-open borders, non-globalist, Pro-Hungary Orban is also suddenly “Pro-Putin.”
We see this same filth here on FR - oppose any of the Brussels/DC/Davos schemes and you are “pro-Putin.”
That’s what I thought....Orban is pro-Putin???
Orban is pro-Hungary.
Great news!
“pro-Putin”
Is it possible to be “anti Globalist” without being “pro-Putin”? Do the two terms mean the same thing? Why?
The only way he’s pro-Putin is that he and his people share the same contempt of degenerate Western culture. Other than that…definitely not.
He's also "pro-Putin" in that he doesn't want Hungary to go to war for Ukraine. Not that any rational person can fault him for that.
Orban is a Hungarian who is proHungarian. How hard is hat?
Orban has never said he was pro Putin. He is pro life and pro citizen. I despise the people in the American left who crap on people like Orban.
If you aren’t pro Soros or pro WEF, then you are pro Putin according to the slime that promote this BS.
The US-NATO empire is determined to topple Orban. After however the Ukraine War ends it will be Hungary’s turn.
Go nationalism!!
Exactly. Orban is not pro Putin and not pro E U. Orban is pro Hungary.
None of that crap happens in Hungary, and to a lesser extent, Poland. In fact, Orban is promoting increase birth rates and marriage to save his country.
That's why the Western media despises Orban and Putin, because they are putting their nation first.
“Is it possible to be “anti Globalist” without being “pro-Putin”? Do the two terms mean the same thing?”
Are you serious?
Agreed.
Not even close in Hungary for the forces of good (Orban) over the forces of evil (Soros & Co).
“Opposition parties and international observers have noted structural impediments to defeating Orban, highlighting pervasive pro-government bias in the public media, the domination of commercial news outlets by Orban allies and a heavily gerrymandered electoral map.”
Glad that crap never happens in the US.
I’ve been an Orban fan since 2016 and this:
Orban’s Historical Speech Puts Hungary on a War Footing (speaks truth about Muslim immigration)
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3411401/posts?page=5#5
Note that YouTube nuked the vid in the OP. Post 5 has an official translated transcript of the speech.
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