Hungary’s former PM Orban re-elected party leader despite election loss
Summary
Hungary’s opposition party Fidesz has re-elected Viktor Orban as its leader for another year, despite losing the April election to the pro-Western Tisza party. Orban took responsibility for the loss and said Fidesz must change to become an effective opposition party.Key Facts
- Viktor Orban was re-elected leader of the Fidesz party with 729 out of 737 delegate votes.
- Orban’s party lost the April election to Prime Minister Peter Magyar’s Tisza party, which supports closer ties with the West.
- Orban ran unopposed and said he never gives up, accepting full blame for the election defeat.
- Orban led Hungary for 16 years, promoting an “illiberal” democracy and building ties with President Trump and President Putin.
- The new government has a two-thirds majority and plans to reverse Orban’s constitutional changes that weakened courts, media, and universities.
- The new government removed Orban’s veto blocking Ukraine’s EU membership talks, allowing them to resume.
- The European Union agreed to release 16.4 billion euros to Hungary after freezing funds due to concerns about democracy and corruption under Orban.
- Opinion polls show support declining for Fidesz after the election, with Tisza gaining more popularity.
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