Hungary

4 briefs

power 2026-04-16

Hungary After Orban Is Harder Than Hungary Without Orban

Peter Magyar won the election. Now he has to dismantle a state that was built to be impossible to dismantle from within.

power 2026-04-15

Orban Lost His Election. His Israel Policy Did Not.

Hungary's incoming leader Peter Magyar says he will keep the veto on EU sanctions against Israel. Five countries want to punish Israel for Gaza. One country can stop all of them. And the EU is starting to ask whether the unanimity rule should survive this.

power 2026-04-13

Orban Falls

Hungary's Peter Magyar wins a two-thirds supermajority. The man JD Vance flew to Budapest to help is out after 16 years.

power 2026-04-12

Orban's Last Election

Hungary is voting today in the first election in 16 years where Fidesz could actually lose. The outcome will determine whether illiberal democracy is a permanent political model or an accident of incumbency advantage.