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Plus ça régime-change, plus c'est la même chose
SteynonLine ^ | April 13, 2026 | Mark Steyn

Posted on 04/13/2026 5:25:00 AM PDT by Twotone

Greetings from Ukraine. I was supposed to spend last night in Budapest, but by early afternoon there was a palpable sense on the streets that something big was coming. So I figured I'd rather take my chances with Putin's incoming drones than hordes of Hungarian hotties high on their impending liberation from the Orbán terror. Because of some or other incident on my preferred TransCarpathian frontier post, I was obliged to detour via south-eastern Slovakia. Pleasant, if you're interested, and I encountered a nun in a full-length habit, which I don't think I've seen on a Montreal street in half-a-century. I'd been planning this trip for awhile on the assumption that this war would be coming to an end. But one consequence of yesterday's election is that the principal opposition to the EU's proxy-war-without-end has been vapourised, and Brussels can now fight on till the last Ukrainian male is either dead or servicing Sir Keir Starmer at one of his many North London properties.

Here's how Eva Vlaardingerbroek, late of this parish, sees it:

Looks like the last bastion is gone.

The Hungarians are about to learn the true meaning of "you don't know what you've got 'til it's gone."

And the rest of us in Europe have just lost our only real stronghold against the EU.

Devastating. https://t.co/2jgk2dSBnS — Eva Vlaardingerbroek (@EvaVlaar) April 12, 2026

The point about the two-thirds super-majority necessary for constitutional change is well-taken.

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


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: hungary; marksteyn; putinthewarpig; russiansuicide; viktororban; vladtheimploder

1 posted on 04/13/2026 5:25:00 AM PDT by Twotone
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To: Twotone

[The Hungarians are about to learn the true meaning of
“you don’t know what you’ve got ‘til it’s gone.”]

Boy that’s for certain.

American Democrats open a branch office there?

I’m truly disappointed by this change.


2 posted on 04/13/2026 5:33:07 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They Did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: Twotone
For those not fluent in "Pig-French," the full French version is, "Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose."

English translation: The more things change, the more things stay the same.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3GxmrwAeXY

3 posted on 04/13/2026 5:34:01 AM PDT by Paal Gulli
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“Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose,”


4 posted on 04/13/2026 5:34:41 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They Did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: SaveFerris
Hungary stills feel like Hungary

wasn't sure she could stick the food as

Perhaps it isn't his most sober writing.
5 posted on 04/13/2026 5:35:53 AM PDT by posterchild
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To: posterchild

I did notice in Slovak grocery stores that beer (really good beer) is about 0.55euro per litre.


6 posted on 04/13/2026 5:38:12 AM PDT by posterchild
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To: Twotone

Thanks for posting this. There has been a lot of give-and-take regarding the election on other threads. Some folks say Magyar’s victory will be good for Hungary. Others say it will be a disaster.

I have always been a fan of Mark Steyn. He pulls no punches. And he does it in a humorous way. So I’ll let him be the tiebreaker. Steyn thinks it’s going to be a disaster.

Side note: I’m of Hungarian descent, and have a fair grasp of the language. Magyar means “Hungarian”, in Hungarian. That kinda jolted me when I first saw Péter Magyar’s name.


7 posted on 04/13/2026 5:41:34 AM PDT by Leaning Right
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To: posterchild

I guess he meant “with”

Definitely needed more proofreading but he was probably in a hurry

It happens

(Cruella von der Leyen)

Spot-on


8 posted on 04/13/2026 5:41:42 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They Did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: posterchild

That’s per 0.5 litre. Perhaps I’m the one less than sober.


9 posted on 04/13/2026 5:41:54 AM PDT by posterchild
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To: Paal Gulli

As a Canadian, Steyn is English/French bilingual. His wordplay (”régime change” instead of “change”) is clever, without any bastardization, it’s a strech to call it “pig French”.


10 posted on 04/13/2026 5:47:17 AM PDT by miniTAX
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To: Twotone

The term “Hungarian Hotties” caught my eye, so I went to Google images to see if such a thing exists. And yes, there are some very cute and hot Hungarian chicks.


11 posted on 04/13/2026 6:06:33 AM PDT by redfreedom (The Forth Estate is the Fifth Column.)
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To: Twotone

12 posted on 04/13/2026 6:20:42 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT ( "The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last messag)
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To: SaveFerris

Disappointed, yes, surprised no. Europe is on a death wifshm, which they will experience. It’s the leadership, not the people, and they have such a grim that the people are powerless to remove these leaders.


13 posted on 04/13/2026 7:14:53 AM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: Twotone
Meh. The idolizing or Orban is ridiculous. Magyar's policies are not that different, especially regarding the no Muslim migrants.

Magyar will make some conciliatory speeches and the EU will unblock funds to Hungary. Tusk did the same thing, no real legal changes, but the EU unblocked the money anyway. Poland is still not taking in Muslims as far as I know. Tusk dare not do so or he will lose the next election for sure.

14 posted on 04/13/2026 7:19:57 AM PDT by pierrem15 ("Massacrez-les, car le seigneur connait les siens" )
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To: pierrem15
... Magyar's policies are not that different, especially regarding the no Muslim migrants.

Good to hear, although that is his country's business. I had been worried about Orban's relationships with Putin vs Ukraine - not to mention Tucker Carlson, lol - and glad to hear a shift there. I wish him well.

I heard a bit of his speech this morning, and it sounds like his team is finding some surprises in the files ... but maybe every newcomer says the same thing.

15 posted on 04/13/2026 8:08:52 AM PDT by gloryblaze
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To: Twotone

All the same, we take our chances
Laughed at by time
Tricked by circumstances
Plus ca change
Plus c’est la meme chose
The more that things change
The more they stay the same


16 posted on 04/13/2026 8:14:56 AM PDT by chuck allen ( )
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To: pierrem15

The EU funds will come with requirements.

One of those requirements will be to take “migrants”.

There will be no negotiating. Either dilute your population, change your genetics, or no cookies for you.


17 posted on 04/13/2026 9:14:07 AM PDT by Regulator (It's fraud, Jim)
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To: Regulator
The EU didn't insist on that for Poland.

There's a considerable amount of hypocrisy expected in Europe, but decorum forbids you from biting the hand that feeds you as Orban and PiS in Poland did.

Plus the EU is backed into a corner: having openly supported Magyar, they can hardly give him a hard time now. Magyar is flying off to Poland for his first state visit, and neither government has any plans to roll over for the EU's migrant settlement program. If I were to guess, Magyar will trade no migrants for going ahead with the EU's Ukraine aid package, provided Ukraine agrees to resume oil shipments.

18 posted on 04/13/2026 9:43:10 AM PDT by pierrem15 ("Massacrez-les, car le seigneur connait les siens" )
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To: Twotone
The Hungarians are about to learn the true meaning of "you don't know what you've got 'til it's gone."

Indeed they will.

19 posted on 04/13/2026 9:44:23 AM PDT by Rummyfan (Ok In anyq war between the civilized man and the savage, support lthe civilized man.👨 so t tv)
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To: pierrem15

Hungary is a lot smaller and needs the cash more.

When you look like a mark, the shark takes all he can get.


20 posted on 04/13/2026 9:49:22 AM PDT by Regulator (It's fraud, Jim)
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