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What's behind Viktor Orban's defeat? | Inside Story
April 13, 2026
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After 16 years, Hungary’s far-right Prime Minister Viktor Orban and his populist Fidesz Party have been defeated. Orban’s former ally Peter Magyar will now take the helm. Magyar says his conservative Tisza Party will shift away from Russia and towards the European Union. But Orban had been supported not just by Putin, but by Netanyahu in Israel and Trump in the US.
So how will Washington react to the result after it publicly backed his government? Can Budapest improve its relations with Brussels? And will that change the level of Europe’s support for Ukraine? Presenter: Scott McLean Guests Gabor Scheiring, Assistant Professor at Georgetown University in Qatar and a former member of National Assembly of Hungary Carl Bildt, Co-Chair of European Council on Foreign Relations and the Former Swedish Prime Minister Kim Lane Scheppele, Professor at Princeton University. Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on X: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ Download AJE Mobile App: https://aje.news/AJEMobile #Hungary #Election #HungaryElection #VictorOrban #PeterMagyar #FideszParty #TiszaParty #AlJazeeraEnglish
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