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Hungarians decide whether to end 16 years of Orbán rule and elect rival
BBC News ^ | April 11, 2026 | Paul Kirby

Posted on 04/11/2026 4:59:53 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican

Hungarians go to the polls on Sunday in a vote that could bring down long-serving Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and have significant repercussions for the rest of Europe, the US and Russia.

Most polls favour Péter Magyar, who formed a grassroots party after splitting from the ruling Fidesz party, but the night before the vote Orbán was in defiant mood.

"We are going to achieve such a victory that will surprise everyone, perhaps even ourselves," he told several thousand supporters in a small square on Budapest's Castle Hill.

Voting takes place from 06:00-19:00 (04:00-17:00 GMT) and results will start to come through during the evening.

Orbán turned tensions up a notch ahead of the vote, claiming the opposition would "stop at nothing to seize power", and Magyar responded by appealing to voters not to give in to "Fidesz pressure and blackmail".

After 16 years of Orbán running Hungary with what the European Parliament termed a "hybrid regime of electoral autocracy", Magyar and his Tisza party are promising "a change of regime", a reset of relations with the European Union and an end to close relations with Russia.

He attracted far greater numbers to his final rally in the second city Debrecen than Orbán in Budapest.

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...


TOPICS: European Union
KEYWORDS: elections; hungary; orban; thebozo

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1 posted on 04/11/2026 4:59:53 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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Don’t make a terrible mistake, Hungary… pic.twitter.com/HHC6NYBZ1y— Dave Rubin (@RubinReport) April 10, 2026


2 posted on 04/11/2026 5:16:29 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

The entire EU and Brussels want Orban out.

Praying he can hang in there for another win.


3 posted on 04/11/2026 5:16:32 PM PDT by Jane Long (Jesus is Lord!)
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To: MinorityRepublican

IIRC: HUNGARY WAS THE ONLY ONE THAT STOOD UP AGAINST THE WAVES & WAVES OF “REFUGEES.

THEY DIDN’T JUST PUT UP A FENCE:

THEY PUT UP A TRIPLE FENCE TO KEEP THE HORDES OUT.

CANNOT LOSE THAT KIND OF LEADERSHIP


4 posted on 04/11/2026 5:18:53 PM PDT by ridesthemiles (not giving up on TRUMP---EVER)
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To: Jane Long

The globalists don’t want anyone who opposes them.


5 posted on 04/11/2026 5:21:54 PM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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To: Jane Long

> The entire EU and Brussels want Orban out. <

And to make things worse, his opponent Péter Magyar is pro-EU. The Hungarian border wall is very effective in keeping Muslim invaders out. So there are no terror attacks in Hungary like we see in Germany, etc.

The EU wants that wall opened. If Magyar wins, will he oblige?


6 posted on 04/11/2026 5:26:51 PM PDT by Leaning Right
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To: ridesthemiles
IIRC: HUNGARY WAS THE ONLY ONE THAT STOOD UP AGAINST THE WAVES & WAVES OF “REFUGEES.

Poland did the same, but without helping Russia, like Orban.

Viktor Orbán told Putin ‘I am at your service’ in October phone call

Transcript reportedly details Hungarian leader offering whatever assistance he can to his Russian counterpart

On Tuesday, Bloomberg News said it had obtained a Hungarian government transcript of a call that took place between Orbán and Putin on 17 October, in which Orbán reportedly compared the relationship to that of a “mouse” standing ready to help the Russian “lion” as needed.

“Yesterday our friendship rose to such a high level that I can help in any way,” Orbán reportedly told Putin in the call. “In any matter where I can be of assistance, I am at your service.”

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/07/viktor-orban-told-putin-i-am-at-your-service-in-october-phonecall

7 posted on 04/11/2026 5:29:17 PM PDT by tlozo (“We get a lot of bullshit thrown at us by Putin, if you want to know the truth,” Trump)
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To: MinorityRepublican

I hope the Honkies chose wisely.


8 posted on 04/11/2026 5:38:11 PM PDT by Paladin2 (YMMV)
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To: tlozo

100% Orban
Ukie War 🐷.


9 posted on 04/11/2026 5:38:52 PM PDT by MotorCityBuck (Keep the Change You Filthy Animal !)
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To: tlozo

The goes Bozo the Ukrainian lying again.


10 posted on 04/11/2026 5:47:37 PM PDT by wildcard_redneck ( Neocons in love with the Ukraine War hate how long the Iran War is taking..........)
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To: MinorityRepublican

The EU has decided Hungarian women and children have not been raped anywhere near enough.


11 posted on 04/11/2026 5:51:28 PM PDT by FLT-bird
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To: Paladin2
> I hope the Honkies chose wisely. <

A slight correction, please.

Honky is a slang term for a white person.
Hunky is a slang term for a Hungarian.

Most people see the above terms as offensive. But I’ll tell you what. I am of Hungarian descent, and in my old neighborhood “Hunky” was common, and accepted. (But never used when talking to your elders.)

The word was connected with working in a steel mill. Not a bad thing.

There was even a local newsletter called “The Mill Hunk Herald”!
And then there’s this:


12 posted on 04/11/2026 6:03:25 PM PDT by Leaning Right
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To: T.B. Yoits

That’s why the globalists must be stopped at all costs.


13 posted on 04/11/2026 6:10:39 PM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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To: MinorityRepublican

“White” [check out the “flesh” crayola crayon hue from my youth...] people are Caucasians.

Hungary is closer to the Caucasian Mountains/region than Your Rope.

I believe that many Pakistanis are also Caucasians.

YMMV.


14 posted on 04/11/2026 6:12:29 PM PDT by Paladin2 (YMMV)
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To: Leaning Right

https://www.google.com/search?q=etymology+of+honkie&sca_esv=5ea03ef861bf210d&ei=GPLaaYn-Ney8kPIPk6rl8Ag&iflsig=AFdpzrgAAAAAadsAKOr_fcUxlZhE5KJz141pYDrV14F2&ved=2ahUKEwjm6vHNkeeTAxX8HjQIHWRFIqsQ0NsOegQISxAA&uact=5&sclient=gws-wiz&udm=50&fbs=ADc_l-aN0CWEZBOHjofHoaMMDiKpaEWjvZ2Py1XXV8d8KvlI3tR7kVu8a3MULVA9bsoO0mCCFiZoMv28ux3eOJ39Q_ixnRJO66C0xBAUoovRT1WiWc2wxNjs2dVEyHrCoGo856EpETgVR969UYyuERa8kxh5cbF1pplYbyQG2Wrvvm6Xcn4EUy6OtZW0DbuVqZV2omfZMmB8jz2e6x3wpB3R-ziGWrtgDg&aep=10&ntc=1&mstk=AUtExfCLmuZgbrTOV9sMWSee14Fn4YOT8hn7yYNo-Q5IC5Qx4nlSOcfRUTW1HCnAw7txRzq4AA9Y7AIZewwD1m2fXr-Z4VWQyXZXyQsC8MN__fdqQYT8OPMAru4jpEmv3avwFEZvmUkUpHd8nLaHxB2qtyjixlnoRNChu80&csuir=1


15 posted on 04/11/2026 6:18:09 PM PDT by Paladin2 (YMMV)
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To: MinorityRepublican

So, Hungary doesn’t have a single candidate against the EU?


16 posted on 04/11/2026 6:26:09 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: Jane Long

Yet, he supports the EU to the hilt.


17 posted on 04/11/2026 6:26:39 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: Leaning Right
And to make things worse, his opponent Péter Magyar is pro-EU.

Orban is pro-EU also. He has said many times he supports the EU 100% and would never remove Hungary from the EU, no matter what they did.

18 posted on 04/11/2026 6:28:06 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: MinorityRepublican

Well the European Union wants him out and he holds the line against immigration, hopefully the Hungarians will retain him.


19 posted on 04/11/2026 6:28:44 PM PDT by kenmcg (ti hi o)
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To: FLT-bird

Orban said he supports them.


20 posted on 04/11/2026 6:29:59 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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