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The Hungarian prime minister concedes to Péter Magyar, who is set to win a supermajority in the 199-seat parliament.

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[–] Aatube@lemmy.dbzer0.com 31 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

he even conceded:

In a surprisingly early and gracious concession speech in Budapest, Mr. Orban congratulated the opposition saying, “The responsibility and opportunity to govern were not given to us.” But, he also made a vow: “We are not giving up. Never, never, never.”

—https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/12/world/europe/hungary-election-orban-magyar.html?unlocked_article_code=1.aVA.Kuhl.h2lgWO2W5PiU

[–] genuineparts 12 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

This is the part that makes me suspicious about the whole thing. No way would a tick like Orban just admit defeat. They would at least insinuate that the election was not quite right.

[–] Tonava@sopuli.xyz 10 points 3 days ago (1 children)

It was won by such a landslide it's possible they just can't really. If more than 2/3 of voters unify basically to say "fuck you and your shitty regime" there's very little to be gained by bitching about it, and probably even more you can lose. It's possible the whole country would kinda have exploded if they couldn't have channeled that into voting

[–] Dicska@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Indeed. However, they've been pumping public money out of the country via money front institutions for quite a while: the ex leader of the National Bank embezzled 650 billion Forints, which is about a metric shitton even in such an inflated currency (update: just a little shy of 1.8 million EUR). They were seen moving their stuff in literal shipping containers to Dubai. I haven't a single doubt that all that will be used to fund their return with whoever playing as Orbán's hand puppet.

[–] Evotech@lemmy.world 6 points 4 days ago

Trump could never