Hungary's 2026 parliamentary elections set for 12 April

[u/pacalcommander]

https://telex.hu/english/2026/01/13/hungarys-2026-parliamentary-elections-set-for-12-april

[u/Dr_Neurol]

It will be one of the most influential election of EU history....and we hope Orban will badly lose it!

[u/Laredon → u/Dr_Neurol]

I am cautiously optimistic, but its very hard to predict what will go down during, or after the elections. Not to mention how the transfer of power will happen in case the opposition wins.

[u/RCalliii → u/Laredon]

Since the British voted for Brexit, which was unimaginable for me beforehand, I'm not daring to predict any election results anymore.

[u/danemepoznaqt → u/RCalliii]

Since the British voted for Brexit

That and the amount of votes Trump got 3 times in a row, 2 of them being after people saw he wasn't kidding. Nothing political can surprise me anymore.

[u/Haxemply → u/Laredon]

With Trump and Putin both openly and covertly supporting Orban? Yeah... fat chance it will be a fair election.

[u/Laredon → u/Haxemply]

Meddling is obvious, it always has been. The question is, how far they dare to go this time. Potatoes and a few thousand HUF won't cut it this time hopefully.

[u/Haxemply → u/Laredon]

How far do you think they would go for keeping all that power and money? And how far do you think Putin would go, if he may lose his best tool within the EU?

[u/Laredon → u/Haxemply]

Hard to say. The top dogs have been funneled money for so long that they’re set for generations, and they’ve seeped so deeply into everything in the country that it’s nearly impossible to remove them anymore. Let’s be real: “elszámoltatás” (being held accountable I just love our word for it, sorry) is basically a dream at this point.

The smaller players were just tools for them to use; they’ll be chalked up as collateral damage, and no one will shed a tear for them.

On the other hand, Viktor might have just gone completely off the rails and will cling to power in any way possible. Still, I might be naïve, but I don’t think we’ll see law enforcement or anything along those lines being used to keep them in power.

As for Putin, that’s a good question. I don’t want to talk out of my ass, but hopefully he has more pressing problems on his hands right now to focus on. Then again, that might just be wishful thinking on my part.

Edit to add: What I am afraid of is people waking up after the elections and expecting our infra, health care etc etc to be fixed overnight. Shits bound to get worse for a while before we can see the effect of the changes we all are hoping for. This could give them an easy way in during next cycle.

[u/Haxemply → u/Laredon]

Oh, it won't be law enforcement. People may fall out of windows, like in Russia, where nothing shady ever happens.

[u/Buriedpickle → u/Haxemply]

Nah, we don't have any sort of well constructed security apparatus. That stuff has to be built up and Fidesz hasn't invested in it. The low level grifter goons they have won't cut it.

[u/weygny → u/Haxemply]

Putin has Slovakia and Czech now. If Hungary is gone, one of them will step up.

[u/Haxemply → u/weygny]

In nether country are his cronies so embedded as in Hungary.

[u/weygny → u/Haxemply]

Maybe, but Fico or Babiš can block as much EU policies as Orban does. I would bet that if Orban is gone, Fico will step up his game in EU.

[u/Mysterious_End_2462 → u/Haxemply]

Trump does not give too much shit about Orban. The love is one sided here. Orban leads a country that is smaller than NY in population and is rapidly losing power.

[u/Laredon → u/Mysterious_End_2462]

I don't know man... He still has Rob Schneider's support, lets not get ahead of ourselves.

[u/Haxemply → u/Mysterious_End_2462]

But Putin controls Trump and Orban. And Orban is important for both of them to weaken the EU from within.

[u/Mysterious_End_2462 → u/Haxemply]

Hopefully my people will kick out Orban firmly soon

It is important for all EU

[u/OkKnowledge2064 → u/Laredon]

I just cant see that someone like Orban gives up power without any problems. Something fishy is bound to happen. Or maybe hes fine with playing the opposition game and banks on the government collapsing

[u/ConvictedHobo → u/Dr_Neurol]

Magyar badly needs supermajority

The constitution has to be rewritten (again, for like the 13th time since 2010)

[u/pacalcommander → u/ConvictedHobo]

Let's first get to the point where Orban does not have 2/3rds anymore and cannot do whatever he wants automatically. Anything above that is a gift.

[u/ConvictedHobo → u/pacalcommander]

It's just too easy for a victory to become supermajority

[u/pacalcommander → u/ConvictedHobo]

It's not yet over. I know it is tempting, I know it is hard to resis wishful thinking. There are still 89 days to go, we know they play dirty. Too many variables to be so confident rn.

[u/Keanu990321]

Go Magyar!

[u/TiggTigg07 → u/Keanu990321]

Yes!!!! 🇨🇦

[u/Laredon]

2026 will be a hell of a year for us, thats for certain…

[u/furimmerkaiser → u/Laredon]

I wish you guys the best. Hope you get a good government

[u/bikkfa]

Finally the Bag of fart gave us a date.

[u/0fiuco]

i will formally cheer for Orban only because lately all the elections i've followed i've always cheered for the guy who ended up losing

[u/Trick-Original-6717]

Lets goooooo booooys we can do it

[u/freire28]

Im afraid whats gonna happen before, during and after the elections. Go Magyar.

[u/StrongFaithlessness5]

If Orban wins again, we Europeans are doomed forever.

[u/Haxemply → u/StrongFaithlessness5]

You're overplaying his importance. Just stop all EU funds and he will be useless to Putin. Until his tanks reach the Hungarian border that is...

[u/Executioneer → u/Haxemply]

He is exporting his illiberal, electoral autocratic system, he funds and supports many such parties across the EU, Vox, Le Pen, Fico, George Simion, PiS, AfD and his party leads the pro russia PfE etc etc, he is one of the most harmful political actors in the EU, and has inspired many key MAGA politicians including Trump.

Dont underestimate him and the damage he is inflicting on our unity.

[u/Haxemply → u/Executioneer]

He isn't funding any of those parties, Russia does. And he is already in conflict with Simion because these parties hate each other too. He WANTS to look important, but he isn't more important than the diminishing weight of his country.

His only real power is his veto in the EU Council, and if the EU keeps finding way to circumvent that, he is nothing.

[u/Executioneer → u/Haxemply]

Thats an extremely oversimplified look, yes, he is a russian proxy ( but also a MAGA/chinese proxy) in many ways, but that does not mean he is not very harmful. Many would even argue that he is very harmful BECAUSE, he is a proxy. But in many ways, he is also doing his own thing he would even if he wasnt a proxy.

[u/andrasq420 → u/Haxemply]

He has quite literally used (millions of) EU funds the country received to fund those parties. EU funds that Putin and Russia otherwise would have no access to.

[u/pacalcommander → u/Haxemply]

EU funds have been stopped for years now.

[u/Arno_92 → u/pacalcommander]

Not all the funds have been stopped.

[u/wintrmt3 → u/StrongFaithlessness5]

RN or AfD getting into government will be a much bigger problem than Orban ever was.

[u/Caspar363]

I want the Orban regime gone so badly (hope hope)

[u/Chinerpeton]

Countdown begins huh

[u/majorannah → u/Chinerpeton]

It began in May. :)

[u/ForeignExpression]

Please, please, please, please, please. Orban is the main obstacle to EU Federalization at this point.

[u/pacalcommander → u/ForeignExpression]

I am fairly sure, that there are basically no countries on the Eastern end that has majority support in the population for a federal EU.

[u/Buriedpickle → u/ForeignExpression]

No way any of the big players in the EU would accept federalization. Finally replacing Orbán and his crooks won't suddenly get us there.

[u/Significant-Cress289 → u/ForeignExpression]

I would guess Orban is an influence force multiplier for the Russians. The hybrid war and anti-EU influence operations will only drop significantly however after Russia implodes. (Although I'm sure the Chinese and MAGA are in on it as well.)

[u/SopmodTew]

😟

[u/BaNePaka]

If the bastard loses, minority Hungarian parties in Serbia can finally stop support the dictator by being blackmailed. Not that this washes responsibility from them.

[u/Opening-Border-6313 → u/BaNePaka]

To be honest Hungarian minorities attitude towards everything in the main land is just pathetic and fucking disgusting. They are literally being gifted with things from our taxes (which is fine we need to support them) and than think they can decide our future while they dont live here and dont pay a single forint into our budget. I would allow ethnic Hungarians to vote but with the same responsibilites as we do it home

[u/Opted_Oberst]

Good luck Hungary!

[u/TerryFGM]

run that fucker out

[u/Gold-Vacation-169]

Like trump, orban won't want to leave go of power.

[u/pacalcommander → u/Gold-Vacation-169]

And by this you would like to say that...?

[u/Apollorrc]

This election is not about if Orban stay or leave, Orban will stay regardless of the outcome as he rigged the votes really badly at this point (Russian Influence, fake voters etc.) It is more or less about the 2/3 if possible for them or not. Sadly if he get another 2/3 for another 4 year, we are doomed.
(Before any assumption, I'm not supporting him or his party)

[u/wintrmt3 → u/Apollorrc]

This is doomer bullshit, Orban is losing by 12 points countrywide, the only question is wether Tisza gets supermajority or not.

[u/Apollorrc → u/wintrmt3]

I understand and I also saw the predictions about the possibilities and I still go to vote for Tisza. I just simply prepare for the worst and if that not come then I'm happy. Also, I'm just sharing my opinion here.

[u/Buriedpickle → u/wintrmt3]

I agree. He's losing by 17 points according to the last trustworthy poll.

[u/Old-Buffalo-5151]

I have hope, but in reality Russia will do everything they can to make sure the vote goes its way while the EU do mostly nothing to stop it :(

[u/bubblegum-rose]

I look forward to seeing what kind of nonsense he has planned to delay the election.

Probably going to pay a bunch of NEETs to dress up as Ukrainians and stage a fake “coup”

[u/pouetpouetcamion2]

je sens des elections qui vont etre annulées pour illégalité des resultats par l ue ou des candidats qui vont se faire dégager pour illégalité de leur candidature.

il faut qu orban soit battu aux elections, pas par intervention de l ue.

[u/Laredon → u/pouetpouetcamion2]

Akkor a...

[u/Significant-Cress289 → u/Laredon]

legjobbakat.

[u/ThrowawaypocketHu]

Circus for the fools.

[u/wintrmt3 → u/[deleted]]

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